( 1 ) IN this application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issue of a writ of certiorari for quashing a decision of the Board of Revenue upholding in appeal an order of the Commissioner, Jabalpur Division, the question raised is as regards the Regality of a fine of Rs. 29,784/-imposed on the petitioner Govind prasad Sharma under Section 228 (7) of the Madhya Pradesh, Land Revenue code, 1954. Equivalent Citation:

( 2 ) THE matter arises thus. The petitioner-obtained in 1954 a mining lease for extracting iron ore from an area of 12. 59 acres of certain Khasra, numbers including a part of Khasra No. 537 situated in village Pratappur of Sihora tahsil of district Jabalpur. In 1955 the part of the Khasra No. 537 which had not been leased out to the applicant for extraction of iron ore was given to him for purposes subsidiary to mining. On 17th January 1956 the petitioner entered into a contract with one Smt. Sarla Devi Khemka for raising of iron ore from 8. 48 acres; out of the total area of 12. 59 acres, leased out to him by the State, According to this agreement, Sarla Devi undertook to deliver saleable iron ore above 62 per cent Fe. F. O. R. Sihora at