(1.) AT this stage of the hearing of the writ petition, the learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the respondents had submitted that Rule 38-C has been introduced in the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959, which had come into force, on 11.2.2011.
(2.) RULE 38-C of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession RULEs, 1959, reads as follows: