JUDGMENT :

Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.

The instant intra-court appeal, under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent, is directed against the order/judgment dated 22.04.2022, passed by learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) No. 5152 of 2021 whereby and whereunder the writ petition was dismissed refusing to pass any positive direction in favour of writ petition, wherein direction was sought for upon the State Government to proceed with the second round of auction in accordance with the Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as “Rules, 2015”) as amended by Mineral Auction Amendment Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “Rules, 2017”).

2. The brief facts of the case, as per pleadings made in the writ petition, which are required to be enumerated, read as hereunder:

The State of Jharkhand has come out with Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) on 25.10.2019 inviting bids in order to carry out e-auction for grant of mining lease of Lodhapat Jobhipat and Hethilodha Bauxite Blocks having concession area of 75.193 hectares fixing the last date of sale of tender document on 18.11.2019 and date of opening of tender on 17.12.2019. The petitioner no. 1 purchased the tender document on 08.11.2019 at the cos