SURESH DWIVEDI Vs. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE HAMIRPUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY means of the present writ petition the petitioners have approached this Court for quashing the impugned notices dated 6-4-2002 and 22-2-2002 (Annexures 1 and 2 to the writ petition ).

(2.) THE petitioners who are traders of sand, morrum and gitti having their business premises on different plots in village Sitalpur and Kalauli in District Hamirpur. THE petitioners purchased the minerals from open market and also from various lease/permit holders from storing and transporting for sale to various customers to take the aforesaid minerals for private consumption/use.

(3.) IN case, the amended section are applied even without framing any relevant rules, then a person cannot have a possession even a bagful of sand and will be liable for prosecution under Section 21 of the Act.