Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1969

S.A. Rasheed applied in 1980 for a quarry lease of pink granite covering 300 acres. A lease was initially granted for 100 acres on 6 January 1981 and corrected to 300 acres on 6 June 1981, but before a lease deed could be executed, Rule 3(A) of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1969, which barred private gr…

The appellants, lessees of two granite quarry leases in Karnataka, operated the quarries and exported granite after the Supreme Court’s interim orders allowing renewal of leases and issuance of transport permits, even though the underlying leases had been quashed by the High Court. After the Supreme Court dismissed the…

The appellant was originally granted a quarry lease in 1978, which was renewed in 1983 and later, after a lapse, a fresh lease was issued on 26 June 1991 under Rule 3 of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules. That 1991 lease, along with the Government Order of 18 June 1991, was subsequently quashed by the High C…

The Karnataka Government, after amending Rule 3A of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1969 to relax a prohibition on quarry leases for certain granites, issued an order on 18 June 1991 granting 203 quarry leases under Rule 3. The petitioners challenged these grants, arguing they violated the prohibition in …