Mr. Mahesh Grover, J. (Oral) - The petitioner by invoking the jurisdiction of this court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India prays for quashing of order dated 10.04.2018 revoking the Letter of Intent dated 06.10.2016 earlier granted to it for the mining contract of ManakTabra Block/PKL-B 20. He has further made a prayer for surrendering the mining contract w.e.f. 15.09.2017 with refund of his security amount.

2. Pursuant to an e-auction held on 02.08.2016 and 03.08.2016 the petitioner applied and gave the highest bid of Rs.04,06,00,000/- per annum for Manak Tabra Block/PKL-B 20 (hereinafter known as ‘the mining area’ falling in Tehsil and District Panchkula spreading over an area of 15.28 hectares of land.

3. As per the terms of the auction, the petitioner deposited 10 per cent of the bid i.e. Rs.40,60,000/- as initial bid as security. Letter of Intent was granted to it on 06.10.2016 so as to enable it to get environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India and after grant of Letter of Intent on 06