central empowered committee report (i) of the cec in writ petition

against the same. In addition to the provisions of the Forest
(Conservation) Act serious violation of the provisions of the
MMRD Act, Mineral Concession Rules and the various
notifications issued by the State Government was allowed to
take place. False information was provided by the Director of
Mines and for which no action was taken against him. Four
cases of mining outside the sanctioned lease area were
detected during the visit of the Lokayukta, Karnataka.
However, FIR was lodged only in one case and in the
remaining three cases the FIR was lodged after a gap of
almost three years. The CEC got the eery feeling that the
law of the land does not operate in District Bellary. It is a
most shocking state of affairs not witnessed on this scale
and brazenness anywhere else in the country. Obviously
there hasl been connivance from the highest to the lowest
level and cuts across all departments.
21. The CEC is of the considered view that in respect of
the above stated 15 cases it is desirable and absolutely
necessary that
a) the mining operations are immediately directed to
be suspended;
(b) the process for cancellation of mining lease, after
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the issue of notices to the parties, should be