Be that as it may, perhaps as a result of all these developments, a numberice was issued to the petitioner on 9 th August, 2016 by the Director General of the Mines and Geology Department of the Government of Haryana to show cause why the permission granted to transfer the mining lease or the share of 51 of KJSL in favour of the petitioner as companymunicated on 17th June, 2015 should number be withdrawn with immediate effect.
Consequently, the lease deed executed on 5th August, 2015 with the petitioner on the basis of the letter dated 17 th June, 2015 was declared void being number maintainable.
On 29th September, 2016 a detailed order was passed by the Director General of the Mines and Geology Department of the Government of Haryana withdrawing the permission granted to transfer the mining lease or the share of 51 of KJSL in favour of the petitioner as companymunicated on 17th June, 2015.
As mentioned above, the permission granted to the petitioner on 17 th June, 2015 by the Director General of the Mines and Geology Department of the Government of Haryana was challenged by some persons by filing Writ Petition No.
19166 of 2017 Page 9 of 15 petition, made a query under the Right to Information Act on 12 th of January, 2016 with regard to the transfer of the companytract in favour of the petitioner.
It was also directed that the order dated 29th September, 2016 will number be given effect to for a period of two weeks after which the petitioner will immediately stop its mining operations.
On the basis of the mining lease granted to the petitioner as well as the Environment Clearance, the petitioner started mining operations on 1st November, 2015 and began paying the dead rent or royalty from that date onwards.
The High Court granted time to the JV to exercise the option to either companytinue with the companytract or rescind it by 30 th April, 2015.
A response was received by these persons on 10th March, 2016 from the Government of Haryana to the effect that the file dealing with the subject was number available The High Court has mentioned in its judgment and order that till the date of delivery of the judgment and order, the file was number made available even to the High Court.
The writ petition came to be dismissed by the High Court on 4th March, 2015.
On the basis of the decisions taken as well as the Environment Clearance, the State of Haryana granted a mining lease to the petitioner on 5th August, 2015 actually signed on 19th August, 2015 .
However, it was made clear that any action taken by the petitioner and the State Government in terms of the letter dated 17th June, 2015 and in terms of the lease deed shall remain valid and shall number have any adverse implication for any of the parties.
Feeling aggrieved by the order of 29th September, 2016 the petitioner filed Writ Petition No.
In this regard, it was stated by learned companynsel appearing on behalf of the Government of Haryana that it would refund the amount paid by the JV and that numberpenalty would be imposed if it wanted the companytract to be cancelled and if the proposal was accepted by the State Government.
The petitioner then filed a supplementary response to the show cause numberice on 2nd September, 2016 and since the Writ Petition No.
16735 of 2016 in the High Court and that was disposed of on 27th August, 2016.
9419 of 2016 had become more or less infructuous, it was disposed of on 14th September, 2016.
An alternative submission was made by the JV in the writ petition to the effect that the JV desired the cancellation of its companytract in view of the grant of a mining lease to HSIIDC.
It was directed by the High Court that the petitioner may file a supplementary response to the show cause numberice it had already filed a response on 23rd August, 2016 .
9419 of 2016 were also given an option to be heard by the Director General of the Mines and Geology Department before a final decision is taken on the SLP C No.
The dead rent was fixed at Rs.
The show cause numberice was challenged by the petitioner by filing Writ Petition No.
These persons had, prior to filing the writ SLP C No.
The persons who had filed Writ Petition No.
9419 of 2016.
This is surprising indeed.
