JUDGMENT :

B.R. SARANGI, J.

The Petitioners, by way of this writ petition, seek to quash the letters dated 20.01.2004, 06.04.2004, 29.08.2008, 04.10.2008 and 15.04.2011 as at Annexures-1, 3, 7, 8 and 12 respectively issued by the Deputy Director Mines, Joda, Keonjhar, directing the Petitioner-Company to pay a sum of Rs.6,93,99,308/- towards loss of royalty and Rs.7,07,44,492/- as interest thereon due to beneficiations of high grade lump iron ore for the period from October, 1994 to September, 2000, and to issue direction to the Opposite Parties to grant “Mining Dues Clearance Certificate” in favour of the Petitioner- Company without any further delay.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in brief, is that Petitioner No.1, being a Company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 and a manufacturer of iron and steel in the country, has set up an integrated steel plant at Jamshedpur. Petitioner No.2 is the Chief Resident Executive of Petitioner No.1 Company and is authorized to file the writ petition by virtue of the Board Resolution dated 07.04.2008 of Petitioner No.1-Company. As such