THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23399 of 2002 Date: 18.07.2007 Between: Ch. Srinivasulu Naidu … Petitioner AND The District Forest Officer, Nellore, Nellore District & two others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri K.S. Murthy Counsel for respondent No.1: Government Pleader for Forest THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 23399 of 2002 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…… Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ of Mandamus or any writ or order declaring the action of the respondent – Forest Department in seeking to stop the quarrying and crushing activity in survey No.20 Petitioner Hasanapuram Village of A.S. Peta Mandal, Nellore District pursuant to the proceedings of respondent No.3 dated 09.12.1999 as unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents not to intervene in mining, quarrying activity of the petitioners in survey No.20 Petitioner, Hasanapuram Village of A.S. Peta Mandal, Nellore after declaring the forest department cannot stop the said activities and pass such other or further orders as deemed fit and proper.” Heard Sri K.S. Murthy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. R. Annapurna, learned Government Pleader for Forest for respondent No.1. On instructions, the learned Government Pleader submitted that as directed by this Court, a joint inspection was conducted on 11.01.2003 by Special Divisional Forest Officer, Nellore, District Revenue Officer, Nellore and the Assistant Divisional Engineer, Mines and Geology and the land was delineated. In view of the statement made by the learned Government Pleader and the subsequent events, the writ petition has become infructuous. However, liberty is given to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedies, if he is aggrieved by the joint inspection report. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 18.07.2007 ES