In these Writ Petitions, the Petitioners seeks for a direction, prohibiting the Respondent from infringing the right of the Petitioners to quarry from their patta lands, after expiry of the lease period, on payment of necessary seigniorage fee subject to the result of the issue as to whether the pattadar is liable to pay seigniorage fee or not, since the said issue was referred to the larger Bench of the Honourable Supreme Court.

2. The case of the Petitioners is as follows:-

a. The Petitioners were granted quarry lease, by the proceedings dated 08.07.2010 and 19.03.2010, in respect of their respective petition mentioned lands, for a period of five years from 08.07.2010 to 07.07.2015 and from 19.03.2010 to 18.03.2015, respectively, under the Rule 19 of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959. The Tamil Nadu State Government, by letter No.Ms.628, dated 10.05.1982, informed all the District Collectors that the pattadars are not the owners of the minerals in their respective patta lands and the Government is the owner of the minerals and also issued GO.Ms.No.130, Industries (K) Department, dated 8.2.1986, amending Section III and Appendix IV and V of the Tamil Nadu Mi