THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.23432 OF 2007 Dated 22nd June, 2010 Between: T.V.Sivaiah Minerals …Petitioner And The Government of India rep. By its Secretary, Ministry of Mines, New Delhi and four others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Smt N.Shoba Counsel for respondents 1, 3 and 5: None appeared Counsel for respondents 2 and 4 : AGP for Industries and Commerce The Court made the following ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondents 3 and 4 in forwarding petitioner’s application dated 05.03.2007 for grant of mining leave over an extent of Acs.60.00 forming part of Emboy Reserve Forest, Kurnool Division, Kurnool District to the Principal Conservator of Forests/District Forest Officer for obtaining clearance under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, as illegal and arbitrary. This Court, by order dated 13.11.2007 in WPMP No.30533 of 2007, directed respondents 4 and 5 to forward petitioner’s application dated 05.03.2007 for grant of mining lease to the competent authority. A counter-affidavit along with vacate stay application has been filed by respondent No.5, wherein it is, inter alia, stated that the mining proposals submitted by the petitioner are not in full shape as the petitioner submitted one statutory proforma information on 26.11.2007, without routing the same through Principal Conservator of Forests and he also did not furnish the requisite information. At the hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner will comply with the deficiencies pointed out in the counter-affidavit to enable respondent No.5 to forward the application to the competent authority. This submission of the learned counsel is placed on record and the petitioner is given liberty to approach respondent No.5 and remove the defects and deficiencies pointed out in the counter-affidavit. On such removal of the defects, respondent No.5 shall forward the petitioner’s application to the competent authority. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.31942 of 2007 and WVMP No.38 of 2008 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 22nd June, 2010 vrn