Court : Jharkhand
Reported in : 2007(2)BLJR2042; [2007(3)JCR292(Jhr)]
M.Y. Eqbal, J.1. In all these writ petitions the petitioners have challenged the authority of the State of Jharkhand, Department of Mines to issue executive order/resolution revising the surface rent of the land held by the petitioners as mining lessees. In all these writ applications, since common question of law and facts are involved, they have been heard together and are disposed of by this common judgment.2. The petitioners have prayed for issuance of appropriate writ for quashing the resolution as contained in memo No. 1055 dated 17.6.2005 whereby and where under the State Govt. has arbitrarily changed the rate and mode of calculation of the surface rent for the area used by the lessee for mining purposes and thereby decided that the entire land under the lease for mining purposes will be commercially valued and 5% of the valuation so arrived and will be charged as the surface rent and further for declaring the aforementioned resolution as illegal, void and contrary to the rule m...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 2027 of 2016 With W.P.(C) No. 2207 of 2016 With W.P.(C) No. 2515 of 2016 M/s Shah Brothers --- --- --- Petitioner [in WPC20272016] Anil Khirwal --- --- --- Petitioner [in WPC22072016] Padam Kumar Jain --- --- --- Petitioner [In WPC25152016] Versus 1. The Union of India through the Ministry of Mines and Steel 2. The State of Jharkhand through the principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology 3. The Joint Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Jharkhand 4. The Deputy Commissioner, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa 5. The District Mining Officer, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa 6. The Assistant Mining Officer, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa --- --- --- Respondents [in all the cases] --- Coram: Honble Mr. Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh --- For the Petitioners: M/s Amarendra Sharan, Sr. Advocate, Krishanu Ray, Advocate (in WPC20272016) M/s Indrajit Sinha, Krishanu Ray, Vijay Kant Dubey, Advocates (in WPC22072016 & WPC25152016) For the Re...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 2027 of 2016 With W.P.(C) No. 2207 of 2016 With W.P.(C) No. 2515 of 2016 M/s Shah Brothers --- --- --- Petitioner [in WPC20272016] Anil Khirwal --- --- --- Petitioner [in WPC22072016] Padam Kumar Jain --- --- --- Petitioner [In WPC25152016] Versus 1. The Union of India through the Ministry of Mines and Steel 2. The State of Jharkhand through the principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology 3. The Joint Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Jharkhand 4. The Deputy Commissioner, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa 5. The District Mining Officer, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa 6. The Assistant Mining Officer, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa --- --- --- Respondents [in all the cases] --- Coram: Honble Mr. Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh --- For the Petitioners: M/s Amarendra Sharan, Sr. Advocate, Krishanu Ray, Advocate (in WPC20272016) M/s Indrajit Sinha, Krishanu Ray, Vijay Kant Dubey, Advocates (in WPC22072016 & WPC25152016) For the Re...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 2027 of 2016 With W.P.(C) No. 2207 of 2016 With W.P.(C) No. 2515 of 2016 M/s Shah Brothers --- --- --- Petitioner [in WPC20272016] Anil Khirwal --- --- --- Petitioner [in WPC22072016] Padam Kumar Jain --- --- --- Petitioner [In WPC25152016] Versus 1. The Union of India through the Ministry of Mines and Steel 2. The State of Jharkhand through the principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology 3. The Joint Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Jharkhand 4. The Deputy Commissioner, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa 5. The District Mining Officer, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa 6. The Assistant Mining Officer, West Singhbhum, Chaibasa --- --- --- Respondents [in all the cases] --- Coram: Honble Mr. Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh --- For the Petitioners: M/s Amarendra Sharan, Sr. Advocate, Krishanu Ray, Advocate (in WPC20272016) M/s Indrajit Sinha, Krishanu Ray, Vijay Kant Dubey, Advocates (in WPC22072016 & WPC25152016) For the Re...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 2515 of 2016 ... Padam Kumar Jain .... Petitioner Vrs. The Union of India & Ors. ..... Respondents .... CORAM: HONBLE MR. JUSTICE APARESH KUMAR SINGH For the Petitioner : M/s Indrajit Sinha, Vijay Kant Dubey & Krishna Ray, Advocates For the State : Mr. Binod Poddar, A.G. : Mr. Anil Kumar, J.C to A.G ......... 04/20.05.2016 The petitioner's predecessor in-interest was granted mining lease of Iron Ore over an area of 41.639 Hectares in village Rajabera of District West Singhbhum on 29th February, 1988 (Annexure-1) for a period of 20 years effective from 29 th February 1988 till 28th February 2008. Lease was transferred with the permission of the State Government in favour of the present petitioner on 2 nd March, 1997 (Annexure-2). Before expiry of the statutory period of 12 months prior to expiry of lease, he made an application for renewal on 23 rd February, 2007. The application for renewal remained pending. In the meantime, a show-c...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 2629 of 2015 ----------- Unity Infraprojects Ltd., A company registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, having its registered office at 1252, Pushpanjali, Old Prabha Devi Road, Prabha Devi, P.O. and P.S. Prabha Devi, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400025, through its Authorised Signatory- cum-Deputy General Manager ( Business Development), Tapash Kumar Ghosh, Son of Sri J.C. Ghosh, Resident of 224, Acharya Prafullo Chandra Road, Shyam Bazar, P.O. and P.S. Shyam Bazar, Kolkatta, West Bengal-700007. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand through Secretary, Building Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, having its office at Jharkhand Mantralaya, Project Building, P.O. and P.S. Dhurwa, District-Ranchi.2. Deputy Secretary cum Internal Finance Advisor, Building Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand, having its office at Jharkhand Mantralaya, Project Building, P.O. and P.S. Dhurwa, District-Ranchi.3. Engineer in Chief...
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