TARUN BHARAT SANGH ALWAR Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These review petitions are filed by M/s Starke and Company Private Limited which holds certain mining leases in the area covered by our order dated 8/4/1993. At the insistent request of Shri M. C. Bhandare, we directed these review petitions to be posted for hearing in court. Accordingly, we have heard Shri Bhandare at some length.

(2.) The main contention of the review-petitioner is that the mines in respect of which it holds leases are not within the protected forest area notified in the notification, dated 1/1/1975 issued by the government of Rajasthan under Section 29 of the Rajasthan Forest Act. It is submitted that the Jain Committee Report is wrong insofar as it holds that the review-petitioner's mines fall within the protected forest area.

(3.) In our opinion, there are a number of reasons why these review petitions cannot be allowed;