IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VIVEK RUSIA &

HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRADEEP MITTAL

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ON THE 9 OF JANUARY, 2026 WRIT PETITION No. 232 of 2026 ARUN CHANDRA AWASTHY AND OTHERS Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Devendra Kumar Dixit - Senior Advocate with Shri Anshul Dixit, Advocate for the petitioners.

Shri Abhijeet Awasthi - Deputy Advocate General for the respondent/State.

ORDER Per: Justice Vivek Rusia The petitioners have filed the present petition being aggrieved by the order dated 09.10.2025 (Annexure-P/7) whereby the M.P. Board of Revenue, Gwalior dismissed the revision filed by the petitioners and upheld the orders dated 26.11.2024 & 19.7.2024 passed by the Commissioner, Naramadapuram & Collector, Betul (Mining) respectively, under the provisions of M.P. Mines (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation &

Storage) Rules, 2022 [hereinafter referred as the "Rules of 2022"].

2. Facts of the case, in short, are as under:-

The Assistant Mining Officer (Mining Cell), Betul, received information about the illegal excavation of minor mineral ('muram') from land area 12.428 hectares, which is part of government land being