Authority: High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad
Order Date: 21 July 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner: Ghelabhai Govindbhai Dhapa; Respondents: State of Gujarat and others.
- Petition filed in 2017 (Special Civil Application No.1487 of 2017) sought lease of 1 hectare land (Revenue Survey No.315/1/P, Jesar, District Bhavnagar) for excavating the mineral “Black Trap” for a period of ten years.
- The petition challenged the order dated 19 August 2015 of the Deputy Secretary (Appeals), Industries and Mines Department, which rejected the petitioner’s revision application for the lease.
- During pendency, the petitioner filed Civil Application No.1 of 2024 (for amendment). On 17 September 2024, the Collector, Bhavnagar allotted the same land to the Executive Engineer, Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board, PH Works Division, Bhavnagar.
- The amendment application was not allowed and remained pending. A possession receipt dated 20 September 2024 shows that possession of the land was handed over to the Deputy Executive Engineer of the Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board.
- Assistant Government Pleader Angesh A. Panchal placed the possession receipt and Panch Rojkam on record.
Final Outcome
- The Court held that, because the land has already been allotted and possession transferred to the Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board, the petition has become infructuous.
- The main petition is disposed of as infructuous; all connected civil applications are also disposed of.
Topics: Land Allocation, Mining Lease, Court Order