State of Rajasthan & Anr. vs. M/s. Deep Jyoti Company & Anr. – (SC)

Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957–Circular upto effect that the contractors who have been given the work contracts by department of government, had purchased the royalty paid minerals from a lease holder, then he can get refund the same by submitting due receipts/rawanna
issued by the lessee within a period of thirty days–Quashment by High Court–Circular was issued to avoid pilferage/leakage of revenue because royalty can be very conveniently evaded by the contractors either by not purchasing the material from the mining lease holders or obtaining it from unauthorized excavators–No prejudice will be caused to contractor by imposing the condition– Impugned order of High Court deserves to be set aside.