IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 25254 of 2008 Between: M/s. Doyen Constructions Pvt. Ltd., Rep. by its Managing Director P. Prem Kumar S/o. Late Sri P. Rama Rao, aged 50 yrs R/o. 1A, Aurora Colony, Road No.3 Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh,Rep. by its Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director Town Planning & Country Planning Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Medak District. 4 The District Registrar, Registration & Stamps Sanga Reddy District, Medak District. 5 The Sub Registrar, Sanga Reddy Medak District. 6 The Assistant Director of Mines & Geology Medak. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an order or writ one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the sixth respondent in directing the second respondent to withhold layout permission and respondent NO.5 not to eﬀect any registration in the venture of the petitioner in proceedings Lr.No. 406/Vg/96 dt. 23-8-2008 of Asst. Director of Mines and Geology as arbitrary illeal, unjust and violative of principles of natural justice and contrary to A.P. Minor Minerals Concession Rules 1966 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.N.SHOBA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No. 25254 of 2008 ORDER: The order impugned in this writ petition is the proceedings of the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Medak, dated 23-08-2008 requesting the District Collector, Medak at Sangareddy, to issue instructions to the District Registrar (Stamps and Registration), Sangareddy, not to register the plots of the petitioner’s vendor since certain amounts were due towards seigniorage fee. Smt N.Shoba, learned counsel for the petitioner, would submit that aggrieved by the order of the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology dated 08-09-2006, whereby seigniorage fee of Rs.6,96,310.06 ps., and penalty of Rs.34,81,550.30 ps. was levied and the petitioner was called upon to pay a total amount of Rs.41,82,952/-, a revision was preferred before the Government and that the revision is still pending. As held by this Court in W.P.No.6878 of 2006 dated 06-04-2006, the letter addressed by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology to the District Collector is without authority of law. Since, however, a revision is said to be pending before the Government, ends of justice would be met if the ﬁrst respondent is directed to dispose of either the stay application ﬁled along with the revision within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, or the revision itself within a period of six weeks and, pending revision, the petitioner shall furnish a bank guarantee for the seigniorage fee of Rs.6,96,310.06 ps within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that, in case, the revision is allowed, the petitioner would be entitled for return of the bank guarantee and, in case, the revision is dismissed, the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology (sixth respondent) would, in addition to encashing the bank guarantee, shall also be entitled to proceed for recovery of the penalty amounts due in accordance with law. The writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Dt:18-11-2008 usd To 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh,Rep. by its Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director Town Planning & Country Planning Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Medak District. 4 The District Registrar, Registration & Stamps Sanga Reddy District, Medak District. 5 The Sub Registrar, Sanga Reddy Medak District. 6 The Assistant Director of Mines & Geology Medak. 7 Two CCs to GP for Mines and Geology, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 8 Two CD copies