Sarda Mines moves SC to direct Odisha govt to execute mining lease deed in its favour
Sarda Mines (SMPL) has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Odisha government to execute mining lease deed in its favour for the remaining 10 years out of the 30 years renewal that it was entitled to in terms of the Orissa High Court’s earlier orders of 1991 and 1998 and the state mining authorities’ February 1999. The mining lease is sought in respect of over 947.046 hectare Thakurani B-Block Iron Ore Mines in Keonjhar district, Odisha.
The company alleged that the state government had been denying and failing to comply with the central government’s and the HC’s repeated directions to renew the mining lease.
