THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WP NO. 26455 OF 2010 Date of Judgment: 3.11.2011 Between: Kshatriya Mahaveer Anand Singh …Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department and others ..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WP NO. 26455 OF 2010 ORDER: This writ petition is filed primarily complaining of inaction of the second respondent, in particular, in considering the petitioner’s application dated 15.3.2004 for grant of mining lease over an extent of 28.4700 hectors in Sy.Nos. 60 and 61 of Dongaturthi village, Dharmaram Mandal, Karimnagar district. When this Court issued notice before admission, the respondent No.3 has filed a counter affidavit accepting that the petitioner’s application is pending consideration and that the respondents are also alive to the time limit prescribed for disposal of such applications under G.O.Ms.No. 181 (Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.5.1998. On 8.12.2010 this Court had also granted liberty to the respondents to take a decision on the petitioner’s application and communicate the same to him. In pursuance thereof, the petitioner has been served with a memo bearing No. 2544/M.II (2)/2011- 1, dated 24.5.2011 informing the petitioner that the competent authority is of the provisional view for rejecting the petitioner’s application and gave opportunity to the petitioner to submit an explanation or representation on the action proposed. Perhaps on account of the pendency of this writ petition, no final decision is taken by the respondents and no final orders are passed in pursuance of the said show notice. The petitioner states that he has filed a detailed representation in response to the said show cause notice. As the petitioner’s only grievance in this writ petition was non-consideration of his application, and as his application is under active consideration of the respondents, and in view of the fact that reply has been given by the petitioner to the show cause notice dated 24.5.2011, no further orders are necessary except directing the respondents 1 and 2 to consider the petitioner’s application for grant of mining lease and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, preferably within thirty days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that all the contentions of the petitioner as raised in this writ petition are left open. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J Dt. 3.11.2011 KR