down as ultra vires the constitutional mandate. Auction as a mode cannot be conferred the status of a constitutional principle. Alienation of natural resources is a policy decision and the means adopted for the same are, thus, executive prerogatives. It was further held that if the allocation of subject coal blocks is inconsistent with Article 14 of the Constitution and the procedure that has been followed in such allocation is found to be unfair, unreasonable, discriminatory, non-transparent, capricious or suffers from favouritism or nepotism and violative of the mandate of Article 14 of the Constitution, the consequences of such unconstitutional or illegal allocation must follow. The Hon’ble Supreme Court further held that the entire allocation of coal blocks as per the recommendation made by the Screening Committee from 14.07.1993 in 36th meetings and the allocation through the Government Dispensation Route suffer from the vice of arbitrariness and legal flaws. Now the question of seeking implementation of that order would not arise. In fact, this made known to the petitioner by addressing his advocate by letter dated 19th February, 2002 by the Eastern Coal Fields Limited. Apart from that, if the allocation order fixes a time limit in absence of any extension. Therefore, the question of same remaining to be
