PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has been assured by Goa government that no coercive action will be taken against the mining leases before June 6.
Advocate General Devidas Pangam made this submission following a petition by a mining company challenging the order issued by the State government asking mining companies to vacate 88 mining leases before June 6.
During the hearing before the Vacation Bench on Wednesday, the AG said that interim relief can be sought only after June 6, following which the High Court fixed the matter for hearing before the regular bench on June 6. Notices to the State government and other respondents were also issued on Wednesday.
The State government, on May 4, had initiated the process to take over 88 mining leases from the lessees whose second renewal was quashed by the Supreme Court in February 2018. The Directorate of Mines and Geology had issued notices to the mining companies to vacate the leases within a month.
