https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184264 Section 17A(2) confers an independent power on the State Government, with Central approval, to reserve an unleased mineral-bearing area for exploitation through a Government company or corporation; that power is separate from the preference regime under Section 11, so the recommendation for reservation in favour of the State corporation was upheld. By contrast, an out-of-turn mining lease under Section 11(5) requires special reasons to be recorded, and no such reasons justified overriding earlier applicants, so the grant in favour of Nava Bharat was invalid. The proposal was also vitiated by non-compliance with Rule 59 and the Rules of Business under Article 166, as the earlier recommendation lost efficacy after withdrawal and valid State recommendation and Central approval were absent. en-us Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:54:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184264 Section 17A(2) confers an independent power on the State Government, with Central approval, to reserve an unleased mineral-bearing area for exploitation through a Government company or corporation; that power is separate from the preference regime under Section 11, so the recommendation for reservation in favour of the State corporation was upheld. By contrast, an out-of-turn mining lease under Section 11(5) requires special reasons to be recorded, and no such reasons justified overriding earlier applicants, so the grant in favour of Nava Bharat was invalid. The proposal was also vitiated by non-compliance with Rule 59 and the Rules of Business under Article 166, as the earlier recommendation lost efficacy after withdrawal and valid State recommendation and Central approval were absent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184264