{"id":233719,"date":"2009-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ms-charan-minerals-company-vs-state-of-karnataka-and-another-on-18-march-2009"},"modified":"2014-04-15T04:41:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T23:11:51","slug":"ms-charan-minerals-company-vs-state-of-karnataka-and-another-on-18-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ms-charan-minerals-company-vs-state-of-karnataka-and-another-on-18-march-2009","title":{"rendered":"M\/S Charan Minerals Company vs State Of Karnataka And Another on 18 March, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
M\/S Charan Minerals Company vs State Of Karnataka And Another on 18 March, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n
 \n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF MARCH 2009\nPRESENT \"  \n\nTI-IE HODPBLE MR. P D DINAKARAN, CHIEF  Q'  \n\nAND\n\nTHE HONBLE MR. JUSTICE \"  \n\nWRIT PE'I'I'I'ION No.315S9T:\/:':_2_908V. IGM\u00bb  k\n\nIFBETWEEN:\n\nM\/s.Charan Minerals     \n\nNo.25, 9*-h Cross, E{_uma;:'a'Pa1j'k 'West,  'V \" \"\nBangaiore--20, its   \n\nManaging Pa1\"t.1-3.cr;A;jVS--_'R&:1jit;   f  V .. Petitioner\n\n(By Ms.  ~ 1% [9\n1. Stat\u00e9of  %\nByits S\u00e9czretaxy,  \nV .\u00bb I)epa.*tmcnt~ af__I_1__1(i1,1st1'i<3s and\n' 'L'{',o1'rTi:n\u00e9:x:c,\n\n%  M B\ufb01x\u00e9.1tii.11_g.,\n B\u00e9anggcmsw 001.\n\n  _2. A  Mines & Geolog\/,\n\nDepartment of Mines & Gesologr,\n.. _K11em'ija Bhavan,\n" V 'Race Course Road,\n' Bangalore-560 O01. .. Respondents<\/pre>\n
  %  ~(m\/sri Basavaraj Karreddy, Govt. Adv.)<\/p>\n
This w. P. is \ufb01led under Article 226 of
\nIndia, praying to quash the impugled orcierv
\nNo.GaBhuE\/GaGuSha\/ 1422 MML 04\/07-03,\/11956 dated i V’ <\/p>\n
29.11.2007\/18.12.2007 passed by “the A2315?’ respandent at
\nA1mexun=:-E and declare by issue=_of Zappwpriate  <\/p>\n
order that the 11oti\ufb01ca.\ufb01oI1 bea1’ing”No’.._CI 214;.)\/IMM”
\ndated 9.2.2007 is bad in 1aw\u00bb’or__ a1tei*11eia:ive1_::,”‘ti&:e’_V same as’ u
\nin application to the facts of theaepresent’ case em.d”‘direct ‘<\/p>\n
the State Government to eonsiderv and  ‘mining lease
\nin favour of petitioner p1,_1rsuz-.1iit’ete  application dated
\n8.12.2004 (Armexure-A):-.  _    <\/p>\n
This W.P com 1’ng:upv:.for  ‘Realm’ g before
\nCourt this day,   following:\n<\/p>\n
   for tguashing of the
\norder de;te\u00a7i<– 2V9;  passed by the 234<\/p>\n
responedent,i"i3i1_fecter of iiiiines & Geologz, Department of<\/p>\n
  as per Armexure-E to the<\/p>\n
i\u00bb+:~it.p\u00e9z:t\u00a7oxi. i' <\/p>\n
  2. W1′: is .i’ai%erred in the writ petition that on<\/p>\n
 the 211*! respondent issued a notice<\/p>\n
 Rule 26(1) of Mineral Concession Rules, 1960<\/p>\n
 ‘:’_4″‘(hei*eirxa1ter referred to as Rules’), calling upon the<\/p>\n
 ” ” ee\ufb01\ufb01oner to submit his reply as to Why his application<\/p>\n
\\?~J5<\/p>\n
should not be rejected on the gound that there a;’e.}:~even<\/p>\n
other applications \ufb01led earlier to  <\/p>\n
which are overlapping on the ”  in<\/p>\n
mtitioner and that there is no  ‘la’bl_e  <\/p>\n
The petitioner in response to notice  on” V it<\/p>\n
18.6.2007 contending  appiieation for
\ngrant of mining  from the
\ndepartment     that there are no
\npending  and therefore he is
\neligible     there is no bar for<\/p>\n
consideration of   and for granting the same.<\/p>\n
 , it is  atrerred that Without affording an<\/p>\n
 u\ufb02to __ the petitioner to substantiate the<\/p>\n
co11ten\ufb01on..”.’*p:the”sappiication of the petitioner has been<\/p>\n
   the 2m1 respondent by order dated<\/p>\n
a   18.12.2007. However, the order impugned in<\/p>\n
  we: meeon dated 29.11.2007\/13.12.2007 has been<\/p>\n
 ” by the 2’15 respondent rejecting the application of<\/p>\n
the petitioner on the wound that no reply has been gven
\n\\.9-0%<\/p>\n
 V. i*espoz{detits’;’ .. _<\/p>\n
to the notice issued under Rule 26(1) of the Rules\u00bb <\/p>\n
petitioner. Being aggrieved by the said ordelg;  <\/p>\n
petition is \ufb01led contending that   is K V’<\/p>\n
unsustainable and the 2nd  <\/p>\n
the impugned order on the V’ 3.ta”t– ‘tjwaste<\/p>\n
submitted to the notiee.._issuet:i 2RuA1’e “26{‘i) of the
\nRules though the peti\ufb01otief  his ‘reply on
\n18.6.2007 anti. the  ti\u00e9eiggtzlenewledged by the
\n2116  order is liable to\n<\/p>\n
4.  was tile respondents. The learned<\/p>\n
Government taken notice on behalf of the<\/p>\n
 ”  ‘j_ ‘earned counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
 h 44 Tpyetitiollet\ufb01  the learned Government Advocate<\/p>\n
‘    for the respondents.\n<\/p>\n
‘.    Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner<\/p>\n
  fsubmitted that in response to the no\ufb01ce issued under<\/p>\n
KW<\/p>\n
Rule 26(1) of the Rules, the petitioner submitted hisreply<\/p>\n
on 18.6.2007 , which was reoeived in the o\ufb01ice of<\/p>\n
respondent on 21.6.2007 and despite the  <\/p>\n
respondent has proceeded to  it it<\/p>\n
petitioner on the ground that no A’  <\/p>\n
notice issued under Rule .theA.Ri:xles V<\/p>\n
the order passed by tlzegnd  is iiiosustainable
\nand liable to bequasheci.\n<\/p>\n
7. Learned    in support of\nthe impugtled V     *.2*=*i respondent.\n\n8.   to the\n<\/pre>\n
contentions?  counsel appearing for<\/p>\n
both    the material on record.\n<\/p>\n
 ‘t”I%i1e”ii.11e.te;*ia1  would clearly show that the<\/p>\n
siaote catavseuvttotioe was issued to the petitioner by the 2nd<\/p>\n
2  _responde:1t  Rule 26(1) of the Rules as to Why the<\/p>\n
i H H ‘T of the petitioner should not be rejected. In<\/p>\n
 to the said notice, the petitioner has submitted<\/p>\n
W<\/p>\n
 fjBme.\n<\/p>\n
” ‘ ~  ‘v   ” ‘” ” index: Yes] No?\n<\/p>\n
18.6.2007, which was received in the office of<\/p>\n
respondent on 21.6.2007. Accordingly,  <\/p>\n
following:      .\n<\/p>\n
ORDER \\V7″:A<\/p>\n
(i) The writ petition is <\/p>\n
(ii) The order dated \u00e94 9:.\u00ab-11.-\u00e9OQ7f:’};_$:12.2007; passed by
\nthe 211*’ respondent  and the<\/p>\n
matter is   the” _.2:’\ufb01f1. \u00a7ies*pondent for \ufb02esh<\/p>\n
consideI’atio:i1V..V.of  of the petitioner in
\naocordaif;ce__ ifhe light of the observations
\nmade in the  ‘of <\/p>\n
Sd\/~<\/p>\n
Chief justice<\/p>\n
Sdfn
\nIucige<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court M\/S Charan Minerals Company vs State Of Karnataka And Another on 18 March, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF MARCH 2009 PRESENT ” TI-IE HODPBLE MR. P D DINAKARAN, CHIEF Q’ AND THE HONBLE MR. JUSTICE ” WRIT PE’I’I’I’ION No.315S9T:\/:’:_2_908V. 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