HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 29450 OF 2011 Date: November 03, 2011 Between: A. Nagabhushan Reddy … Petitioner And 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By its Director of Mines & Geology, Hyderabad & 3 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 29450 OF 2011 O R D E R: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology appearing for Respondents 1 and 2 and learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for R-3 and R-4. 2. The petitioner has applied for grant of quarry lease under his application dated 17.8.2011 in terms of G.O.Ms.No. 181 Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.05.1998. An expeditious disposal of such application is regulated by the procedure prescribed under the said G.O. The main grievance of the petitioner is that though the report from the Tahsildar, Chowdepalli Mandal, is called for by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, the said report is not sent in terms of the G.O. directly to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology within the time prescribed. 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. 3. In view of the above, the 5th respondent-Tahsildar is required to act in terms of G.O.Ms.No.181, dated 28-05-1998, referred to above, without further loss of time. 4. The writ petition is, therefore, disposed of directing the 5th respondent-Tahsildar to send the report directly to the 2nd respondent- Assistant Director of Mines and Geology in terms of the G.O.Ms.No.181, dated 28-05-1998, within thirty days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ________________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J Date: November 03, 2011 BSB