The order was issued by the Division Bench comprising of acting Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A M Shaffique considering a batch of petitions.
During 2014, considering hardships in the construction sector, government had decided to grant short term licence for quarrying operations for small quarries below 5 hectares.
When writ petitions relating to this issue came up before the bench, Advocate General K Dhandapani informed the Court that the draft rules relating to quarry has been formulated and to finalise it some more time is required.