JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petitioner is under Article 226 of the Constitution of India filed by altogether 63 writ petitioners who had deposited the separate court fees seeking therein the direction for quashing of the demand notices, annexed as Annexure-1 series issued by the respondent, by which, the demand has been made in consequence of the decision taken of less royalty calculated based upon inspection conducted as referred in the inspection report.

2. The brief facts of the case, as per the pleading made in the writ petition, required to be enumerated, read as under.

3. It is the case of the petitioners that they used to manufacture bricks and are registered dealers under Jharkhand Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation & Storage) Rules, 2017.

4. After inspection of their bricks kilns, the petitioners started manufacturing bricks and also used to file return regularly and pay royalty time to time. The petitioners are entitled to manufactured lakhs bricks per year. All of a sudden, the respondent no. 2 issued demand notices against the petitioners directing them to deposit certain amount towards less payment of royalty and also penalty.

5. All the writ petitioners wer