2025:JHHC:33564-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(C) No. 5897 of 2025 Banshidhar Construction Pvt. Ltd., having its office at 2nd Floor, Near Biscuit Factory More, Nasriganj, PO-Digha, PS-Danapur, District- Patna, through its Chief Executive Officer, Kanchan Yadav ... … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand, through the Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 2. The Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi 3. The Director, Department of Mines and Geology, Jharkhand, Ranchi 4. The Deputy Commissioner, Chatra 5. Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation, through the Secretary, Ranchi 6. The In-charge Sand-I, Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation, Ranchi ... … Respondents ----- CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. D.K. Pathak, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Piyush Chitresh, AC to AG ----- 02/11.11.2025 The Instant writ petition has been filed for quashing letter no. 1058 dated 01.08.2025 (Annexure-10 to the writ petition) issued by the respondent no. 6, whereby (a) Letter of Intent no. 413 dated 21.02.2024 and agreement dated 04.03.2024, (b) Letter of Intent no. 414 dated 21.02.2024 and the agreement dated 04.03.2024, and (c) Letter of Intent no. 415 dated 21.02.2024 and agreement 04.03.2024 pertaining to (i) Urali & Bahera sand deposit, (ii) Kedalikalan, Patwa, Banki and Kobni sand deposits and (iii) Sahi sand deposit in the district of Chatra respectively have been cancelled with effect from 16.08.2025 and the petitioner has been directed to provide bank account details for refund of performance and additional security. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the concerned respondents to 2025:JHHC:33564-DB 2 conduct public hearing with respect to the aforesaid sand deposits in the district of Chatra as, according to the petitioner, the aforesaid letters and agreements are highly arbitrary and not in accordance with law. 2. It is jointly submitted by learned counsel for the parties that the issue in question is no longer res-integra in view of the judgment rendered by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in batch of writ petitions led by W.P.(C) No. 4503 of 2025, whereby all the writ petitions have been ordered to be dismissed. 3. For the reasons stated in the aforesaid judgment which shall be read mutatis-mutandis to the facts of the instant petition, the same is accordingly dismissed, leaving the parties to bear their own costs. (Tarlok Singh Chauhan, C.J.) (Rajesh Shankar, J.) November 11, 2025 Manish/Ritesh