Judgment

DESAI, J. :- As the matter brooked no delay, when the arguments were concluded, the court pronounced the order which reads as under :

"The appeal is allowed and the decision of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in L. P. A. No. 1232 of 1982 dated September 15, 1982 as well as the decision of the learned single Judge in Civil Writ Petition No. 2321 of 1981 dated August 30, 1982.

The writ petition filed by the present appellant succeeds. The Order of the Director of Industries dated May 25, 1981 granting a quarry lease to M/s Pioneer Crushing Co. (respondent No. 4) in resepect of Serai Khawaja Plot No. II Quarry (except the area of Green Field Colonies) for the period ending with 31st March, 1984 is quashed and set aside.

The first respondent the State of Haryana and the second respondent the Director of Industries are directed under and subject to the relevant provisions of the Haryana Minor Minerals (Vesting of Rights) Act, 1973 read with Punjab Minor Minerals Concession Rules, 1964 as applicable to the state of Haryana to grant a right to the appellant in the form of contract usually entered into in similar cases to extract stones from Serai Khawaja Plot No. I