https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283998 Rule 12(5) of the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 vested power to grant and regulate quarry leases in the Director of Mines and Geology, so an Officer on Special Duty had no statutory authority to direct otherwise and the memorandum was invalid. Applications for quarry leases also could not be kept pending on the basis of an unfinalised proposed policy, because a conferred public power must be exercised within a reasonable time and without undue delay. The impugned memorandum could not stand, and the order under appeal was set aside. en-us Tue, 08 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:13:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283998 Rule 12(5) of the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 vested power to grant and regulate quarry leases in the Director of Mines and Geology, so an Officer on Special Duty had no statutory authority to direct otherwise and the memorandum was invalid. Applications for quarry leases also could not be kept pending on the basis of an unfinalised proposed policy, because a conferred public power must be exercised within a reasonable time and without undue delay. The impugned memorandum could not stand, and the order under appeal was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283998