HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.2829 of 2009 Date : 24-6-2011 Between : Y. Sathish s/o.Sambasiva Rao .. Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department (SPIU & SAND) Department, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners : Sri P. Ramakrishna Counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 3 : A.G.P. for Mines & Geology Counsel for respondent No.4 : Sri Gaddam Srinivas The court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief : “….to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring order of respondent No.1 dated 31-1-2009 made in Memo No.14243/SPIU & SAND/2008-2 and further inaction of respondent No.3 in not conducting public auction for grant of leasehold rights to quarry said from Vallurupalem Sand Reach pursuant to the auction notice No.772/Q/2007, dated 30-10-2008 as arbitrary, illegal, colourable exercise of power, favouritism shown to respondent No.4, discriminatory, non-application of mind to the material available on record, violative of Rule 9B, 9L of the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 apart from being violative of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct respondent No.3 to conduct public auction…” At the hearing, Sri P.Ramakrishna, learned counsel for the petitioner stated that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel, W.P.M.P.No.3634 of 2009 is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 24-6-2011 AM