JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Mr. S.B. Upadhyay, learned Senior counsel assisted by Mr. Suraj Samdarshi on behalf of the petitioner, Mr. Naresh Dixit, learned Special P.P. assisted by Ms. Kalpana, appearing for the Mines Department and Mr. G.P. Ojha, learned G.A. 7 assisted by Mr. Abhishek Singh, learned counsels appearing for the State.

2. The petitioner, which is a private limited company having its registered office within the territorial jurisdiction of this Court, has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for the following reliefs:

“(i) For issuance of a Writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent authorities not to levy export premium charges upon inter-State sale of sand.

(ii) For issuance of a Writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent authorities to issue transit pass/challan for inter-State sale without levy of export premium, as the same is without authority of law.

(iii) For a direction to the respondent authorities to adjust the amount of export premium already paid by the petitioner from the settlement amount, which the petitioner has to pay in terms of the agreement entered into by the petiti