Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High court here on Wednesday stayed the auction process for mines in the to be started from December 27 for sand and gravel in different districts of the state of Punjab.
The petitioners in that writ petition filed through Gurminder Singh Senior Advocate and RPS Bara, Advocate, challenged the action of the Government alleging this was done against the Supreme court rulings . After the hearing the arguments of the petitioners the Division Bench headed by Justice Mahesh Grover, finding a prima facie case in favour of the petitioners, issued notice to Punjab and directed the State Government to kept the auction process in abeyance till the next hearing .