https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198675 Under a district-wise regulatory scheme for sand quarrying, the competent authority to permit new ramps is the Assistant Director having territorial jurisdiction over the ramp location, so permission for ramps in another district was ultra vires and void. A Government clarificatory memo issued to identify the correct competent authority was valid under the Rules and Article 166 because it merely implemented the existing framework and did not create new policy or disturb any vested right arising from a void order. The Director could also regulate transportation through unauthorized ramps under the power to control quarrying operations, including transportation integral to quarrying. An earlier unreasoned admission-stage order was treated as sub silentio and not binding precedent. en-us Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:08:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198675 Under a district-wise regulatory scheme for sand quarrying, the competent authority to permit new ramps is the Assistant Director having territorial jurisdiction over the ramp location, so permission for ramps in another district was ultra vires and void. A Government clarificatory memo issued to identify the correct competent authority was valid under the Rules and Article 166 because it merely implemented the existing framework and did not create new policy or disturb any vested right arising from a void order. The Director could also regulate transportation through unauthorized ramps under the power to control quarrying operations, including transportation integral to quarrying. An earlier unreasoned admission-stage order was treated as sub silentio and not binding precedent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198675