HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.30477 of 2011 Date: December 13, 2011 Between: G. Deepak Reddy … Petitioner And 1. The Govt. of A.P., represented by its Secretary (Industries & Mines Department) Hyderabad & 2 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.30477 of 2011 O R D E R: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Revenue. 2. The petitioner’s grievance is that he had applied for mining lease under his application dated 25.01.2010 and the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology acknowledged the receipt of application under acknowledgement dated 22.02.2010. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner relied upon similar grievance redressed by order of this Court in Writ Petition No. 22568 of 2011 dated 10.08.2011 and requests for a similar direction. 4. Learned Government Pleader states, on instructions, that the application is not received by the Tahsildar. 5. In such circumstances, the grievance of the petitioner can be redressed by directing the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology to send one more copy of the petitioner’s application to the 4th respondent within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on receipt of the petitioner’s application, the 4th respondent shall consider the same as per mandate in G.O.Ms.No.181 Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.5.1998 and send appropriate report to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology within 30 days thereafter. 6. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J Date: December 13, 2011 BSB