IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5146 of 2025 ====================================================== Uma Associates Infratech Developers Private Limited having its registered office at S 20/56-10-2F 2/3, Sonal Sadan, The Mall Road, Cantonment Varanasi, Varanasi, UP 221002 through its director Anand Singh, aged about 50 years (Male), son of Ram Gopal Singh, Resident of S 20/56-10-2F, 2/3 Sonal Sadan, Mall Road, Cantonment, P.S. Cant. District Varanasi, UP 221002. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-Cum-Principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna - 800001. 2. The Principal Secretary cum Commissioner Mines, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna - 800001. 3. The Director, Mines and Geology Department, Government of Bihar, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Rohtas. 5. The Assistant Director, Mines and Geology, Rohtas, Sasaram. 6. The Mineral Development Officer, Sasaram, Rohtas. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Avinash Shekhar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Mujtabaual Haque, GP-12 Mr. Vasant Vikas, AC to GP-12 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 08-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present writ application may be disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach before the Respondent No. 4 (the District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Rohtas). 3. In view of the aforesaid, if the petitioner approach Patna High Court CWJC No.5146 of 2025(2) dt.08-04-2025 2/2 before the Respondent No. 4, then the Respondent No. 4 is directed to dispose of the representation of the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of three months and while disposing of the representation, Respondent No. 4 shall consider that his counter part in Gaya has passed the order in favour of the settlee, shifting the date of the operation after monsoon and till the decision taken by the respondent no. 4, no coercive step can be taken by the authority against the petitioner. 4. With the aforesaid direction/ liberty, this writ application stands disposed of. priyanka/- (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) U