RAM PRAKASH SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This batch of writ petitions, as per Schedule 'A', is being disposed of by common order as the controversy involved is common under the Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1986 and the present litigation is the fallout of the quashing of the Sand Stone Policy notified by the State Government on 24/4/2007, which Notification came to be quashed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in SBCWP No.6641/2007 (Deepak Khanna & 12 Ors. vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.) (details in Schedule 'B') decided on 21/5/2009 and which judgment became final as neither of the parties preferred any appeal against the said judgment.

(2.) The facts of the lead case in the present batch is taken from SBCWP No.12284/11 - Ram Prakash Sharma vs. State of Raj. & Ors., who was also petitioner in the earlier batch of writ petitions decided by the coordinate bench of this court on 21/5/2009 at serial no.6 (SBCWP No.6582/2007 Ram Prakash Sharma vs. State & Ors.).

(3.) Before coming to the controversy involved in the present case, it is considered opportune to quote the relevant portion from the judgment dated 21/5/2009 of learned Single Judge of this Court in the case of Deepak Khanna for better understanding of the controversy in the present batch of writ petitions.