IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NOs. 8357-8360 OF 2009 VIBHUTI GUDDA MINES PRIVATE LIMITED Appellant(s)

VERSUS REDDY VEERANNA & ORS. Respondent(s)

O R D E R

1. These civil appeals are filed against the Judgment and Order dated 26.08.2009, passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in Writ Appeal Nos. 1095 of 2008 and 1096 of 2008 arising out of the Writ Petition Nos.

22564 of 2005 and 1097 of 2006.

2. The facts leading to the filing of these appeals, are that the Government of Karnataka issued a Notification dated 15.03.2003, identifying land available for the grant of mining leases. The appellant company on 16.04.2003, applied for the grant of mining lease for an area of 224 hectares, and similarly on 17.04.2003, Respondent no.1, Reddy Veeranna also applied for the grant of mining lease for an area of 25.25 hectares.

3. The State Government, by notification dated 18.11.2003, delegated to the Director of Mines & Geology, Government of Karnataka [in short, “DMG”], the authority Signature Not Verifiedto hear the applicants and to submit recommendations to Jayant Kumar Arora Date: 2026.03.19 Reason:

mining lease.

4. The DMG prepared the Evaluat