IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.22257 of 2010 Between: The Marine Sand Quarry Boatsmen and Fishermen Co-operative Society Limited No.C.99, Guttenadeevi, East Godavari District, represented by its President Meda Venkata Subba Rao ..... PETITIONER (S) AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Secretary, Mines and Geology Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others .....RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.22257 of 2010 ORDER: The main grievance of the petitioner is against the inaction of the 1st and 2nd respondents on the letters No.4012/Sand(P- 9)/2010 dated 02.06.2010 and 28.07.2010 of the 5th respondent and not issuing Sand Quarry Permits on the ground that the petitioner-society has not submitted bank guarantee on or before 29.05.2010. Heard Sri G.Simhadri, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. At their request the writ petition is being taken up for disposal at the stage of admission. Since the grievance of the petitioner is that the 1st and 2nd respondents have not taken any action on the letters No.4012/Sand(P-9)/2010 dated 02.06.2010 and 28.07.2010 of the 5th respondent and also not issued the Sand Quarry Permits, it is appropriate to direct the 1st respondent to consider and pass appropriate orders on the letters of the 5th respondent, in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ N.V.RAMANA, J. 7th September 2010 CVRK