ORDER :

Abhay S. Oka, J.

These two writ petitions are clubbed together as they take exception to the same order passed on 20th June 2018 by the Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, Commerce and Industries Department (MSME and mines). The order deals with 10 applications made by different parties for grant of quarrying lease for minor mineral pink granite in respect of a land in Survey No.43 of Daraburu village of Chikkaballapur Taluk and District. The details of the said 10 applications have been set out. Out of the 10 applicants, one of the applicants M/s. Samrat Minerals withdrew its application. The details of the said applications as set out in the impugned order are being reproduced for the sake of convenience as under: