M/S Maa Durga Stone Works through Its Proprietor Soumitro Ghosh v. the State of Jharkhand through the Secretary Deptt of Mines and Geology
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Neutral citation 2025:JHHC:23948-DB; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; Division Bench (Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. and Arun Kumar Rai, J.); Order No.04 dated 18.08.2025. Nine writ petitions under Article 226 jurisdiction against Department of Mines and Geology officials (Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, District Mining Officers of Palamau and Pakur). Petitioners: stone/mining concerns including M/s Gautam Enterprises, M/s Vijay Stone Enterprises, M/s Shree Govind Construction, M/s Aashirwad Construction Company, M/s Ridhi Sidhi Works Contract Pvt. Ltd., M/S Maa Durga Stone Works, Mandhan Minerals Corporation. Held: withdrawal permitted in W.P.(C) 5075 & 5101 of 2022; dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to approach appropriate forum; interim orders vacated; connected seven writ petitions disposed of. Keywords: withdrawal, liberty, dismissed as withdrawn, disposed of, interim order vacated, mines and geology, Palamau, Pakur, no merits adjudication.