THIS WRIT PETITION HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED FOR ORDERS, COMING ON FOR PRONOUNCEMENT THIS DAY, ORDER WAS PRONOUNCED AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU ,CHIEF JUSTICE

and

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA

C.A.V. JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE)

1. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, impugning the communications dated 05.09.2023 and 07.07.2023, and the endorsement dated 30.09.2023. The petitioner also prays that directions be issued to respondent Nos. 5 and 6 not to disturb or interfere with the quarrying and stone crushing activities carried on by the petitioner in an area leased under QL No.2348-R1 and the stone crusher licence dated 27.07.2016. In addition, the petitioner seeks directions for the issuance of Mineral Dispatch Permits through the Integrated Lease Management System [ILMS].

2. The controversy in the present petition relates to whether quarrying activities are permissible in the area falling within Survey No. 124 of Hadonahalli Village, Doddaballapura Taluk, Bengaluru Rural District. The petitioner holds a quarry lease [hereafter QL 2348-R1] over an area of 8.20 acres, falling in Survey No.124 of Hadonahalli Vil