Bhubaneswar: The Odisha High court on Wednesday upheld the interim stay on the state cabinet’s decision to auction all mining leases of major minerals except coal.
A bench of Justices Indrajit Mohanty and Biswanath Mohapatra adjudicated a batch of petitions filed by 13 mining companies, including Odisha Manganese and Minerals Ltd (OMM). The order pronounced the state government to provide a copy of the counter affidavit filed by it to all the petitioners. The next hearing will be held on the 25th of this month.
The Odisha cabinet has come up with a resolution (no.458, notified on date 9th January 2015) to auction all lapsed mining leases except coal. The decision was taken on the basis of a Supreme Court order in May 2014 to take decision on mining leases that are awaiting second and subsequent renewal.
List of companies who have filed writ petitions in HC.
OMM (2 WPs)
K.N.Ram (2 WPs)
MESCO
AMTC (Aryan Mining Trading Corp)
KMC (Kalinga Mining Corp) (2 WPs)
Freegrade, Rungta
Rungta Mines Ltd (2 WPs)
BICO, Rungta (2 WPs)
Avin Jain
Tarini Minerals
H.G.Pandian
R.P.Sao
OMDC
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