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The Punjab-Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab government and sought its response on a petition challenging the provision of recovery of royalty and penalty from vehicles coming into the state from crushers of outside states in the mining policy of Punjab. Along with this, the High Court has also stayed this provision pending the petition.
The petition filed by Om Crusher of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir through Senior Advocate Ashish Chopra has challenged the Clause 2 (9) of the Mining Policy issued on August 24. According to this clause, there is a provision to levy royalty and penalty from vehicles bringing goods into Punjab from crushers of outside states.
The petitioner says that this clause included in this policy is against the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. In such a situation, this provision is illegal and wrong, so it should be canceled. The petitioner has demanded that till the time the petition is sub-judice in the High Court, this clause should be stayed. Hearing this petition on Friday, the High Court has issued a notice to the Punjab government and sought its response. Also, this clause of the policy has been banned till further orders.
the process is quite complicated
In order to stop the collection of goonda tax from vehicles carrying mining material in Punjab, the Punjab government had set up a check post. In the event of illegal mining, an order has been ordered to recover Rs 7 per cubic foot from the vehicle in the form of royalty and penalty. Along with this, this amount will also be taken from vehicles coming from outside in Punjab.
After this, this amount will be refunded after the documents are verified from the concerned state. This provision has been challenged in the High Court. The petitioners claim that this traps their money and they have to wait for it for a long time. Also the process is quite complicated.
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