The review petition filed by FIMI (Federation of Indian Minerals and Industries) on 50:50 rule in Odisha has been extended for next week, which was supposed to be heard on 7 Jul, 2014.
On 02 Apr, 2014 the Odisha High Court, which had upheld the state government‘s directive of 05 Dec, 2012 to allot at least 50% Iron ore to steel industries having no captive mines, had called for a mechanism to ensure this within 3 months. Later, Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI, a representative body of miners) had filed a review petition in the High Court in mid-April. The petition filed was supposed to be heard on 07 Jul, 2014 in presence of two judge bench.
Owing to unavailability of one, from the two members’ judge, the reviewing of petition may be taken up in the next week, said P.L Kandoi, President of All Odisha Steel Federation (AOSF).
To add on, AOSF has filed a caveat in the High Court & Supreme Court, which indicates any order on FIMI’s review petition will be shared with AOSF, Mr Kandoi added further.
R K Sharma, Secretary- General at FIMI, earlier stated to SteelMint, “Depending on what the High Court decides on 07 Jul, 2014 for the review petition filed, we will take a further step whether to challenge HC order or state government’s mechanism in the Supreme Court.
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