HON’BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE SRI GHULAM MOHAMMED AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMA MOHANA RAO W.P.No.28701 of 2011 ORDER (Per Sri Ghulam Mohammed, ACJ) This writ petition in the form of a Public Interest Litigation is filed seeking a mandamus to declare the action of the 5th respondent in conducting auction vide proceedings in Rc.No.150/2011-A, dated 14.10.2011 with regard to the lands in R.S.Nos.198 to 200 and in Sy.Nos.202/1 to 202/4 Acs.5.50 cents situated at Tadepalli Village, Atmakur Village Panchayat, Mangalagiri Mandal, Guntur District, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The petitioner states that the lands in R.S.Nos.198 to 200, 202/1 to 202/4 abutting N.H.5 under Atmakuru Gram Panchayat are highly black soil meant for agriculture classifying as ‘cheruvu lands’. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the said lands were assigned to weaker sections, the respondents handed over the same for quarrying for meager amount of Rs.30,000/-. 3. When the matter came up for admission, the learned Government Pleader for Revenue has produced before this Court a letter dated 12.09.2011, by which, the 2nd respondent directed the Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Guntur, to issue Tender-cum-Auction notification for the recommended extent of land in Survey No.202/1 by the Joint Inspection Team consists of Revenue Divisional Officer, Executive Engineers, Irrigation, RWS and Ground Water Department, and submitted that M/s.IJM (India) Infrastructure Ltd., Guntur is the highest bidder and it had undertaken to restore the Tank in question. 4. In view of aforesaid submission of the learned Government Pleader for Revenue and in view of the fact that the encroachers of the land in Survey No.202/1 (Tank Poramboke) have given consent for gravel quarrying, as reported by the Tahsildar, Mangalagiri, to the District Collector, Guntur, we do not find any element of public interest involved in entertaining the writ petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. _________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, ACJ _________________________ NOOTY RAMA MOHANA RAO, J Date:27.10.2011 sj