ROOP NAGAR ROYALTY COMPANY Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY this judgment, we propose to dispose of C.W.P. Nos. 13360 and 15408 of 2005.

(2.) THE propositions of law as propounded in both these petitions are similar. There is a slight deviation qua facts with which we shall deal at the subsequent stage of the judgment.

(3.) ON 11.8.2005, a publication was done in the newspapers mentioning the next date of auction as, 25.8.2005 for District Patiala and as 29.8.2005 for District Ropar. It was stipulated in this notice that 104 quarries of the minor minerals in District Ropar and 44 quarries in District Patiala would be put to auction. The names of the quarries and Hadbast numbers were also duly mentioned.