THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION Nos.19035, 19311, 19351, 19360, 19483 and 19577 of 2007 Dated 16th June, 2010 Between: Datla Satyanarayana Raju and others. …Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary, Hyderabad, and others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Smt. Vijaya Lakshmi for Smt. N. Shoba Counsel for the respondents: Assistant Government Pleader for Mines and Geology The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, these writ petitions are taken for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. In these writ petitions, the action of the respondents in not considering the representations of the petitioners for extension of lease period in respect of sand leases is questioned. At the hearing, Smt. Vijaya Lakshmi, learned counsel representing Smt. N. Shoba, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that as the period for extension as sought has already expired during the pendency of these writ petitions, the cause in the writ petitions does not survive for consideration. These Writ Petitions are accordingly dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of these Writ Petitions, W.P.M.P.Nos.24465 and 24466 of 2007 filed by the petitioner in W.P.No.19035 of 2007, W.P.M.P.Nos.24826 and 24827 of 2007 filed by the petitioner in W.P.No.19311 of 2007, W.P.M.P.Nos.24877 and 24878 of 2007 filed by the petitioner in W.P.No.19351 of 2007, W.P.M.P.Nos.24895 and 24896 of 2007 filed by the petitioner in W.P.No.19360 of 2007, W.P.M.P.Nos.25067 and 25068 of 2007 filed by the petitioner in W.P.No.19483 of 2007, W.P.M.P.Nos.25212 and 25213 of 2007 filed by the petitioner in W.P.No.19577 of 2007, for the interim reliefs, are also dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 16th June, 2010 GHN