JUDGMENT :

Heard Shri Pratik Chandra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Pradeep Kumar Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

2. By means of this petition, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 4.2.2021 passed by the respondent No. 1 communicating to the respondent No. 3-District Magistrate that it is not possible to execute the lease-deed for renewal of lease granted to the petitioner nor is it possible to have anyone as a partner in the lease-deed. Further challenge is to the communication dated 22.2.2021 sent by the District Magistrate (respondent No. 3) to the petitioner informing it of the aforesaid order dated 4.2.2021 and also communicating that pursuant to a Government Order dated 19.12.2019, the vacant mining areas pertaining to minor minerals granite/dimensional stone, have to be arranged on the basis of e-tendering-cum-e-auction in pursuance of Rule 23(1) of theUttar Pradesh Minor Minerals (Concession) Rules, 1963 (Rules of 1963). Further challenge is to the communication dated 22.2.2021, whereby the approval granted to the petitioner on 3.6.2016 for renewal of the mining lease was cancelled and the relevant plot numbers were declare