The appellants thereupon moved the High Court for quashing the aforesaid criminal proceedings pending against them Reiterating that as the Shahabad Stones which they were extracting were used for building purposes and were described as minor minerals in Item 15 of Sch.
The Magistrate dismissed the application holding that what was being operated by the appellants was a mine for the purpose of the provisions of Rule 21 of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1958.
I to the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 hereinafter referred to as M.M.C. Rules, 1966 , the companyplaint against them was number tenable.
