The allegation was that the Jharkhand government gave the 295 hectares of land at the Jitpur coal block to Adani in 2015 for mining, and a bank guarantee of ₹92.90 crore was furnished in favour of the State government.
It later came to be known that around 141 hectares of the said coal block was forest land, while 137 hectares was private land. Of the 17 hectares which belonged to the government, a large part of it was forest land as well.
The State government later said that land acquisition for the private land had elapsed, due to which fresh proceedings have to be undertaken and it cannot be used for mining purposes. It was informed that even the forest clearance has not been obtained.
The High Court had therefore passed an interim order in September, restraining the authorities from taking any coercive action against Adani while stopping the State from encashing the bank guarantee.
Source: Barandbench
