Ms Eastern Coalfields Limited Through ... vs The State Of Jharkhand And Ors on 19 May, 2015
The average charge towards
transit permit fee while taking into consideration the coal produced
form forest land will come to about 40% of the total produced coal
based on the period for which coal block has been allocated and the
available coal reserve. The petitioner- company was initially paying the
coal transit fee amounting to Rs.2,11,00000/- based on the
consideration that forest land would come to about 40%. Under the
aforesaid factual background, the issuance of the impugned letter
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dated 23.12.2020 by the respondent no. 3 observing inter alia that the
transit permit fee would be levied to the petitioner on the entire
(100%) quantum of coal excavated and transported from the
concerned coal mine, is illegal and arbitrary. It is also submitted that
this Court while entertaining similar writ petitions being W.P.(C) No.
3505 of 2020 (Eastern Coalfields Limited Vs. The State of Jharkhand &
Ors.) with W.P.(C) No. 3529 of 2020 (Eastern Coalfields Limited Vs. The
State of Jharkhand & Ors.), vide order dated 15.12.2020, has passed
interim order directing the respondent authorities not to take coercive
action against the petitioners of the said writ petitions for
transportation of coal from their respective mines.