SHIVALIK AGGREGATE vs STATE OF PUNJAB THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PUNJAB

CWP-13882-2026 -1- 127 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-13882-2026 Date of decision: 05.05.2026 M/s Shivalik Aggregate ...Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present: Mr. V.P.S. Mithewal, Advocate Mr. Harsh Vasu Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Samdisha Kaur, AAG, Punjab. *** ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, J. (Oral) 1. Controversy raised in the present writ petition stands finally adjudicated by this Court in CWP-22658-2025, titled as M/s Kahlon Stone Crusher vs. State of Punjab and others, decided on 11.12.2025. The observations made by this Court in para No.10 is reproduced herein after:- 10. In view of the analysis and discussions, aforesaid, we allow all the writ petitions and consequently the demand notices as well as the orders passed in appeals, which are impugned in respective writ petitions, are quashed. The State of Punjab shall, however, be at liberty to proceed against the petitioners by scrupulously following the procedure laid down for determination of royalty either for violation of Rules, 2013 or Crusher Policy, 2023, by passing appropriate or