Forest Officer submitted his report vide letter no.140 dated 18.1.2014. In the meantime, the said application of the petitioner dated 25th November, 2013 became infructuous being time barred in view of the provisions of Rule 11 of the Rules 2004. Thereafter, the petitioner preferred a revision application, being Revision Case no.136 of 2014(M) before the respondent no.2, praying therein for extension of time, which was allowed vide order dated 11th August, 2015. In terms with the order dated 11th August, 2015, the petitioner took steps for approval of its mining plan, which was approved by the Deputy Director, Drilling-cum-Drawing and Disbursing Officer, Hazaribagh on 14th November, 2014 and subsequently environment clearance was also granted vide letter no.1220 dated 7th August, 2015. However, the application of the petitioner dated 25th November, 2013 again got infructuous being time barred due to non-disposal of the application within the extended period as per the order of the respondent no.2 dated 11th August, 2015. Thereafter, the petitioner preferred an application for extension of time before the respondent no.2, which was again allowed vide order contained in Memo no.215/MC dated 25th November, 2016 (Annexure-7). According to the petitioner, though it made several applications before the respondent no.4, requesting inter alia to issue letter of intent, the same were not responded. The petitioner once again preferred revision application before the respondent no.2. However, vide impugned order dated 29th December, 2017, the respondent no.2 has disallowed the revision application preferred by the petitioner in view of the provisions of Jharkhand Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 2017 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the Amendment Rules 2017’).
