ORDER :

The instant writ petition has been filed by petitioner-firm challenging Notice Inviting Bid (ERCC vii)/22/942 dated 23.05.2020 inviting bids for royalty/excess royalty collection contract along with District Mineral Foundation Trust (in short ‘DMFT’) and other charges from the mining leases mentioned at S.No.4, 5, 7 & 8. The petitioner-firm also prays for direction to be issued for inviting fresh e-auction notice in accordance with the Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2017 (hereinafter shall be referred to as ‘Rules of 2017’).

2. The brief facts, as pleaded in the writ petition, are that an e-auction notice dated 23.05.2020 was issued inviting bids for royalty/excess royalty collection contract along with DMFT and other charges from the mining leases situated in various Districts for a period till 31.03.2022. The petitioner-firm has a grievance with regard to the four mining areas/leases in revenue boundaries of the following Districts:-

a) Tehsil Neem-ka-Thana, District Sikar for mineral masonry stone. The reserve price for the said contract was determined as Rs.33,28,73,300/-.

b) Tehsils Bilada, Peepad and Bhopalgarh, District Jodhpur for mineral limestone (minor min