BRAHMI IMPEX LIMITED Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PETITIONER in this writ application has prayed:

(2.) THE petitioner, being a public limited Company, duly registered under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to its objective of setting up an integrated steel Plant and captive power plant in the State of Jharkhand, had submitted an application on 20th May, 2005 to the Government of Jharkhand for grant of mining lease in respect of an area comprising of 1468 hectares within village Karampada, Talluque -Gua, District -West Singhbhum, Jharkhand. Upon receipt of the petitioner's application, a notice was issued to the petitioner on 05th August, 2005, calling upon him to appear at the hearing, scheduled to be held on 18th August, 2005. The petitioner appeared at the hearing and had submitted all the relevant informations as called upon. However, no decision on the petitioner's application, was conveyed to it.

(3.) THEREAFTER , in the month of Match, 2007, the petitioner filed a fresh application before the concerned authorities; of the Respondent -State for grant of prospecting lease in respect of an area of 3393.93 hectares in Karampada Reserve Forest, Taluque -Gua, District -West Singhbhum, within the State of Jharkhand