Vishnu Kumar Singh and 3 Others v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Geology and Mining Civil Sectt. Lko and 3 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9904 of 2023 Petitioner :- Vishnu Kumar Singh And 3 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Geology And Mining Civil Sectt. Lko And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. Petitioners have approached this Court claiming that they have moved an application/representation dated

21.10.2023 under Section 19 of the U.P. Minor Minerals (Concession) Rules, 2021 before the District Magistrate, District Ayodhya raising their grievance with regard to mining. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that grievance of petitioner would be substantially met in case representation of petitioners for the said purposes is considered and decided in a time bound manner. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the same. In view of above, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 2 i.e. District Magistrate, District Ayodhya to consider and decide the application/representation of the petitioners moved under Section 19 of the Rules, 2021 in accordance with law after hearing all the parties concerned by a reasoned and speaking order within a period of four week from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before him. It is made clear that this court has not applied itself on the merits of the case and all questions are left open to be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law. With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition is disposed of. (Manish Kumar, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 8.11.2023 Nitesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench