THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NOS.16028 AND 15604 OF 2010 DATED 14TH JULY, 2010 WRIT PETITION NO.16028 OF 2010 BETWEEN M/s.The Sand Quarry Boatsmen and Fishermen Co-operative Society Ltd. No.75, Representative by it’s President Sri Lanka Kumaraswamy, Amalapuram Village and Mandal, East Godavari District … Petitioner And The District Level Sand Committee, rep it’s Chairmen and Joint Collector, East Godavari. And Others. … Respondents WRIT PETITION NO.15604 OF 2010 BETWEEN Sri Gayatri All Cast Sand and Boatsmen Labour Contract Co-operative Society Ltd., Regd. No.2252, Pidimgoyyee, rep. by it’s President Ch.Simhadri S/o Ch.Kurmayya, aged about 57 years, Occ:Business, R/o Dhavaleswaram, East Godavari District. … Petitioner And The District Level Sand Committee, rep it’s Chairmen and Joint Collector, East Godavari. And Others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NOS.16028 AND 15604 OF 2010 COMMON ORDER: Both these writ petitions pertain to an extent of Ac.2.00 in Survey No.583/3 of Rajahmundry Rural Mandal, East Godavari District. Writ Petition No.16028 of 2010 is filed by the lessee of the Sand Quarry while Writ Petition No.15604 of 2010 is filed by the Society of the workmen who assist the lessee, the petitioner in the other writ petition, in such sand quarrying operations. It is the case of the petitioners that at the behest of the fifth respondent, the Police Authorities are interfering with the quarrying operations carried on pursuant to the lease granted by the Mining Authorities in respect of the subject extent of Ac.2.00 in Survey No.583/3 of Rajahmundry Rural Mandal, East Godavari District. Counter affidavits are filed in both the writ petitions by the Inspector of Police, Rajahmundry Rural Circle, East Godavari District, categorically stating that the Police had not interfered with the mining activities of the petitioners at any point of time. He further stated that owing to the law and order situation created by the differences between the petitioners and the fifth respondent, a case was registered in Crime No.65 of 2010 by the Station House Officer, Dowlaiswaram Police Station. In the light of the aforestated facts and the stand taken by the Police Authorities, it would suffice to dispose of both the writ petitions directing the Police Authorities to refrain from interfering with the lawful mining operations of the petitioners in the subject extent of Ac.2.00 in Survey No.583/3 of Rajahmundry Rural Mandal, East Godavari District, in accordance with the lease granted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Industries and Commerce Department. The petitioners shall however co-operate with the Police in so far as investigation in Crime No.65 of 2010 on the file of the Station House Officer, Dowlaiswaram Police Station, is concerned. The Writ Petitions are accordingly disposed of at the threshold with the aforestated directions. No order as to costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 14TH JULY, 2010 VGSR/PGS