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IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
SANJAY S.AGRAWAL
Bajrang Power and Ispat Limited – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh – Respondent
ORDER :
1. By virtue of this petition, the petitioner is questioning the legality and propriety of the order dated 13.07.2020 passed by respondent No.1- Secretary, Department of Mineral Resources, State of Chhattisgarh and, the letter dated 31.07.2020 issued by the Collector, District Kanker, respondent No.3 herein and, also the demand notice, dated 20.09.2019 issued by the Divisional Forest Officer, East Bhanupratappur, Forest Division, Kanker, respondent No.5 herein, whereby, the petitioner-M/s Shri Bajrang Power and Ispat Limited, a Company duly incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the petitioner-company’), was directed to deposit a sum of Rs.68,28,480/- (Rs. Sixty Eight Lacs Twenty Eight Thousand Four Hundred Eighty only) towards compensation on pro rata basis payable to the villagers in the name of grazing, collection of tendu leaves and other Non Timber Forest Produce (in short ‘NTFP’), presently accruing from forest land which was proposed for diversion for mining activities for the petitioner-company.
2. (i) According to the petitioner-company, an application dated 19.06.2006 for obtaining mining lease for iron-ore over an area of 75 hectare
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