Summary:
They further argued that quarrying operations were being undertaken after obtaining all the required permits. In their petitions, Arun Varghese and others contended that quarrying operations did not violate the condition of assignment. However, suppressing the nature of assignment and conditions in the title deed, the quarry operators had obtained quarrying lease and permits from the government. Even assuming that there were violations, they would not amount to criminal offences, much less an offence for a Vigilance probe. The government submitted that any type of quarrying on government land was an offence under Section 7 of the Kerala Land Conservancy Act..