IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23310 of 2009 Between: Parimi Varalakshmi & another. ..... Petitioners AND The Govt., of A.P., Industries & Commerce Department, Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri A. Muneendhar Reddy for Sri Ch. Hrudaya Raju Counsel for respondents 1&2: AGP for Mines & Geology The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23310 of 2009 ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal having regard to the nature of the case. This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.2 in permitting respondent No.4 to conduct quarry operations from Aurangabad Sand Reach, Kovvuru Mandal, West Godavari District, without obtaining prior permission as required under Rule 9B(6) of the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners are agriculturists, who claim to be drawing water through bore wells. The petitioners have alleged that on account of the lease granted in favour of respondent No.4 in respect of the reaches, which are situated nearby their lands, the water level in the Godavari river will recede. They felt aggrieved by the action of respondent No.2 in granting leasehold rights to respondent No.4 for quarrying sand in the abovementioned sand reach. A perusal of the averments contained in the affidavit shows that the quarry lease was granted up to 31.03.2011. Thus, even on the petitioners’ own showing, the lease period has expired. Therefore, the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication and the Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous with liberty to the petitioners to avail appropriate remedy, if and when fresh leases are granted over the reach in question. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition as infructuous, WPMP No.30289 of 2009 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is also dismissed as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 11.04.2011 ES