https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284469 Where a mineral concession regime requires prior approval of the Central Government, a State Government recommendation is only an intermediate step and does not amount to a final grant. A writ petition challenging that recommendation was therefore premature, and the High Court should not have examined comparative merit, special reasons, or the applicable priority clause before the approval authority acted. The matter was remitted for decision on approval in accordance with law, leaving those issues to be considered at the statutory approval stage. en-us Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 15 May 2020 18:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284469 Where a mineral concession regime requires prior approval of the Central Government, a State Government recommendation is only an intermediate step and does not amount to a final grant. A writ petition challenging that recommendation was therefore premature, and the High Court should not have examined comparative merit, special reasons, or the applicable priority clause before the approval authority acted. The matter was remitted for decision on approval in accordance with law, leaving those issues to be considered at the statutory approval stage. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284469