High Court of Gujarat

M/S. KUBER STONE QUARRYversusSTATE OF GUJARAT

Disposal: DISPOSED AS INFRUCTUOUS
Bench: HEMANT M PRACHCHHAK

Holding

The petition is infructuous and is disposed of, with any interim relief vacated.

Summary

M/s. Kuber Stone Quarry filed a special civil application against the State of Gujarat and others seeking relief. The respondents filed an affidavit-in-reply stating that a lease agreement for the quarry had been executed on 18‑03‑2026 between the parties. The court took the affidavit and the lease deed on record and held that the petition had become infructuous. Consequently, the petition was disposed of and any interim relief previously granted was vacated.

Issues considered

Whether the petition remains maintainable after the execution of a lease agreement between the petitioner and the respondents

Subjects

lease agreementquarry leasepetition disposedinterim relief vacatedinfructuous petition

Judgment

       C/SCA/5850/2025                                                                ORDER DATED: 23/03/2026




                IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
                  R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 5850 of 2025
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                                     M/S. KUBER STONE QUARRY
                                               Versus
                                     STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance:
MR JAY N SHAH(10668) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
MR NIKUNJ KANARA AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3,4
NOTICE SERVED BY DS for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2,3,4
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  CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK
                                                Date : 23/03/2026
                                                 ORAL ORDER

          Today, Mr. Nikunj Kanara, learned AGP for the
respondents, has placed on record an a idavit-in-reply
  led on behalf of respondent No.3, wherein it is stated
that a Lease Agreement has recently been executed on
18.03.2026 between the petitioner and the respondents.
Mr. Kanara, learned AGP further submits that, in view of
the said a idavit-in-reply, the petition may be disposed of.
          The said a+idavit dated 21.03.2026, along with the
“Form B” format of the Quarry Lease Deed, is taken on
record.
          In view of the above, the present petition has
become infructuous and stands disposed of accordingly.
Rule is discharged. Interim relief, if any, stands vacated
forthwith.


                                                                        (HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK,J)
SURESH SOLANKI
 Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
 Digitally signed by: SURESHKUMAR MOTIBHAI SOLANKI(HC00208), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 23/03/2026 17:44:29




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