Court : Jharkhand
Reported in : 2007(2)BLJR1185; [2007(2)JCR357(Jhr)]
..... these writ applications, the petitioners have prayed for quashing the letter dated 13.9.2005 issued by the state government withdrawing the proposal of the petitioners for approval under section 5(1) of the mines and mineral (regulation and development) act, 1960 (in short 'act of 1960') and also withdrawing the application of the petitioners for grant of mining lease of iron ore in different areas of mouza ghatkuri in west singhbhum district for captive consumption of its integrated steel ..... consultation with the state government, reserve any area not already held under any prospecting licence or mining lease, for undertaking prospecting or mining operations through a government company or corporation owned or controlled by it, and where it proposes to do so, it shall, by notification in the official gazette, specify the boundaries of such area and the mineral or minerals in respect of which such area will be reserved. ..... to make the aforesaid principle applicable in the case in hand it is required to be established that the provisions of section 3(2) of the motor vehicles taxation act has been in disuse for a long period and that the imposition of tax on entry of motor vehicles into the cantonment limit has been in operation for a fairly long period. ..... , there are no competitive applications from organisations in the public sector controlled either by the s.g ..... learned counsel relied upon the two decisions of the supreme court in the case of state of maharashtra v. ..... forum, bombay and ors .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Jharkhand
Reported in : 2007(2)BLJR2042; [2007(3)JCR292(Jhr)]
..... rent [at the rates specified in the third schedule] [of the act] and if the lease permits the working of more than one mineral in the same area [the state government shall not charge separate dead rent in respect of each mineral]: provided that the lessee shall be liable ..... . it is different if the tax or fee sought to be levied by the state can itself be called regulatory, the primary purpose whereof is to regulate or control and augmentation of revenue or rendering service is only secondary ..... in the leased area of any mineral not specified in the lease, within sixty days of such discovery;(b) if any mineral not specified in the lease is discovered in the leased area, the lessee shall not win and dispose of such mineral unless such mineral is included in the lease or a separate lease is obtained therefore;(c) the lessee shall pay, for every year, except the first year of the lease, such yearly dead ..... however, section 115(1) of the madras panchayats act, 1958 required payment of a local cess at the rate of 45 paise on every rupee of land revenue payable to the government in respect of any land for every ..... take into account legislative history and practice when considering the validity of a statutory provision or while interpreting a legislative entry is a well established principle of construction of statutes: see, for instance, state of bombay v .....
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