Writ petition concerning mineral lease and refund of bid amount. Court disposed of petition directing Tahasildar, Koraput to decide representation on merits via reasoned order within six weeks.
Direction to Tahasildar, Koraput to consider representation and pass reasoned order within six weeks.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
W.P.(C) No. 839 of 2022
Hemanta Kumar Samal
Petitioner
Mr. S. Mohanty, Advocate
Vs.
State of Odisha & Ors.
….. Opposite parties
State Counsel
CORAM:
DR. JUSTICE B.R. SARANGI MR. JUSTICE V. NARASINGH
ORDER
14.02.2022
Order No. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode. 1
petitioner is that on 19.09.2015, the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Government of
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Odisha has directed to all the Collectors of the State to refund the bid amount to the auction purchasers, where the minor mineral sources have been auctioned afresh for the current year, after deducting royalty amount for the lifted quantity, if any. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already submitted representations vide Annexures-6 & 7 before opposite party no.5Tahasildar, Koraput for refund of EMD and bid amount, but no order has been passed as yet.
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Koraput shall be considered and decided in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of production/communication of a certified copy of this order along with photocopy of the representation. 8. Issue urgent certified copy as per rules.
Alok
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( DR. B.R. SARANGI )
JUDGE
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( V. NARASINGH )
JUDGE
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petition should be disposed of directly without adjournment given a government direction on refund of bid amount.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Hemanta Kumar Samal
State of Odisha
B.R. Sarangi
V. Narasingh
As recorded by the court registry
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