ARUN BHANSALI, VIKAS BUDHWAR
All India Kaimoor Peoples Front – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Arun Bhansali, C.J.
Heard Sri Anoop Trivedi, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Narendra Srivastava, for the petitioner and Mr. Irfanul Huda for applicant/intervenor; and Sri M.C. Chaturvedi, A.A.G., Sri Ramanand Pandey, A.C.S.C., Sri Arvind Singh, A.C.S.C., Sri. Rajiv Singh, S.C., Sri M.D. Singh Shekhar, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Ram Dayal Tiwari, Advocate, Sri Devbrat Mukherjee, Sri Shailesh Kumar Pathak, Sri Pradeep Kumar Tripathi and Sri Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Advocates, for respondents.
2. This writ petition has been filed as a public interest litigation on 27.4.2017 seeking the following reliefs:
(ii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus to call upon the respondent Nos. 5,6 and 7 in order to enquire into the entire matter, in respect of the corruption of more than 15 crore rupees committed by them causing huge loss to public exchequer as well as about contemptuous attitude towards order o
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The court upheld the legality of mining leases under U.P. Minor Minerals Rules, clarifying that G.O. dated 31.5.2012 applies only to river bed minerals, as per G.O. dated 26.2.2013.
Administrative authorities must apply the principle of equality under Article 14, ensuring consistent and fair treatment, particularly in cases of similar circumstances and rights related to governme....
The court ruled that claims over estate lands must be substantiated by evidence of continuous occupation before a specified date, and mining leases granted during disputes are valid.
The court affirmed that applications for quarry leases must comply with statutory rules, and administrative instructions cannot override these provisions.
Mining Lease approvals were revoked due to the petitioners' failure to comply with statutory requirements, rendering prior approvals void.
The Granite Rules, 1999 prevail over the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1996 and the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Auction Rules, 2022 in the event of repugnancy.
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