Following direction by the State Government to the Deputy Director of Mines (DDM), Joda senior mining officer Samir Kumar Mishra has filed a case against Pattnaik Minerals Pvt Ltd (PMPL) in the Barbil JMFC court for illegal mining. The case is filed against PMPL directors Saroj Pattnaik, Akhilendra Pattnaik and Ajay Pattnaik under Sections 4 and 21 of the MMDR Act.
The petitioner has alleged that the Joribahal mines, spread over an area of 106.534 hectares, of Pattnaik Mineral was involved in illegal mining outside its lease area, encroaching into the adjacent area of BPJ lease of the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), Besides, the company is also alleged to have constructed buildings outside its lease area, broken the safety zone of the lease area and dumped overburden from the mines outside the lease area without obtaining required permission from authorities.
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