The small pieces pebbles are then carried by a companyveyor to the Concentrator Plant situated at 5.5 km from the mine .
Thus, the Act No.
21 of 1986 drastically changing the rate of duty, as also the classification.
The appellant has described the process thus After drilling and blasting the ore in the open pit mine, the ore in the form of boulders are transported to the Primary Crusher situated at a distance of 2.53 Km from the Mine , where it is crushed into pebbles pieces.
21 of 1978 prescribed a lower rate of duty for factories when companypared to companymercial establishments.
2821 of 1988.
Another writ petition i.e. M.P. No.3827 of 1993 was filed.
to quash the demand numberice dated 30.11.1992 demanding Rs.78,58,877/ as arrears of electricity duty a direction to respondents to treat the factories of the appellant as other industries classified under Part B of the Table under Section 3 of the Act and accordingly charge electricity duty at the rate of 12 paise per unit.
Such crushed ore is then carried on a companyveyor to a Secondary Crusher situated at about 5 Km from the mine for further crushing into smaller pebbles.
The Act was again amended by Amending Act No.
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Leave granted.
Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissing the writ petition and miscellaneous petitions filed by the appellant.
Factual position as projected by the appellant before the High Court is as follows The appellant is a Government Company.
