Case Law Analysis
|Calcutta High Court
Rule 61, 2016 Minor Mineral Rules | Rejected Pre-2016 Mining Applications Cannot Be Revived Without LOI or Grant Order: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that applications for mining leases rejected under the repealed 2002 Rules cannot be reconsidered under the 2016 regime unless a Letter of Intent or grant order was already issued before the new rules took effect. This reinforces administrative finality and closes a procedural loophole for stale claims, impacting hundreds of pending applications across West Bengal.