ORDER

Arya, J:- 1. Petitioner, a Corporate entity, registered under the Companies Act, 1956, is said to have entered into a joint venture (“JV” for short) with other Corporate entities, as described in paragraph 5.5 of the writ petition and, as a lead partner of the JV, it is said to be authorised to represent the JV for all intents and purposes including dealing with Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (for brevity “RVNL”) with regard to execution of concerned projects.

2. The RVNL appears to have invited tenders/bids on 19.10.2016 for various nature of construction works including construction of Third Line (Railway Track) between Dhaulpur to Aantri, as described in paragraphs 5.6 and 5.7 of the writ petition. The contract was awarded vide contract agreement dated 21.3.2018 entered into between RVNL and JV under the name and title of “GRIL – COBRA- KIEL (JV)”. .

As construction work in question also included earth work, the petitioner had applied for temporary permit on 25.2.2019 in the Office of Collector (Minerals), District Gwalior for excavating 68000 cu.m. of ordinary clay required in relation to laying down of third line from Dhaulpur to Antri from private land falling in Survey No.1421 adm