( 1 ) THIS order shall also dispose of M. P. No. 3727/93 Satya Narayan Mishrilal v. State of Madhya Pradesh, M. P. 3807/93, Laxmi Narayan Mining Company v. State of M. P. , M. P. No. 4246/93, Nirmal Chand Jain v. State of Madhya Pradesh and M. P. No. 5113/93 M. P. Lime Manufacturers Association v. State of Madhya Pradesh and others. By these petitions the petitioners in various petition above prayed for issuance of the writ that Rule 25 (viii-b) of M. P. Minor Minerals Rule, 1961 be declared ultra vires, to quash the action of the agents of the respondents by which they are issuing pitpasses and also to declare that the respondents had no power or authority to insist for a transit pass issued by their officers for transportation of major minerals and / or to restrain them for seizing the vehicles in absence of the transit passes and have also prayed fot a writ of prohibition against the respondents for restraining them from prohibiting the petitioners from transporting the major minerals without transit passes from pit-head.

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( 3 ) THE petitioners in all petitions have submitted that they are holding mining leases for extraction / excavation in variou