The respondent Madan Lal Jain, filed an application for grant of a lease of laterite deposits in the village Bodda, district Palamau.
So far as this question is companycerned, the High Court has observed in its judgment dated Dec. 7, 1979 in the writ petition filed by the respondent, that the arrears seem to be of a period subsequent to 1972 when the petitioner , had filed a petition for grant of a lease, the State Government has ample powers to recover the arrears and that the fact that the respondent is in arrears cannot stand in the way of the State granting a lease to the respondent.
Aggrieved by the judgment of the High Court the State of Bihar has filed this petition for special leave.
The case of the State Government is that the lease was number granted to the respondent because he was in large arrears of rent.
That application was rejected by the State Government on Nov. 21, 1972.
Even after the order of Central Government, the State Government did number grant the lease to the respondent.
Special leave granted.
Heard Counsel.
The respondent filed a revision application to the Central Government, which, by an order dated Nov. 8, 1974 directed the State Government to grant the lease in companyformity with its order.
