The Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.21816 of 2006 Dated 5th July, 2010 Between: R.Madhavi …Petitioner And 1.The Director of Mines & Geology, A.P.Hyderabad and 3 others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Mr.K.Jaganmohan Reddy Counsel for respondent Nos.1 & 2: AGP for Mines & Geology Counsel for respondent Nos.3 & 4: Smt.N.Shobha The Court made the following: Order: In this Writ Petition, the only grievance of the petitioner is that her application, dated 30-06-2003, for grant of quarry lease of coloured granite, is not being disposed of by respondent No.1. A counter-affidavit has been filed by respondent No.2- Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Palamaneru, wherein it is inter alia stated that after the petitioner made the above application, she also requested for resurvey on the ground that respondent Nos.3 and 4 have unauthorisedly occupied a part of the area, for which she made the application for grant of quarry lease. He further stated that a joint survey conducted for this purpose revealed that respondent Nos.3 and 4 have erected boundary pillars in accordance with the survey sketch and that no encroachment into the area applied by the petitioner was found. It is further averred that the petitioner has filed two applications viz., one for prospecting license and another for fresh quarry lease over the area, which is adjacent to respondent Nos.3 and 4, and that the said applications were sent for rejection by respondent No.2 due to non-payment of mineral revenue dues and non-submission of valid Mineral Revenue Clearance Certificate. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Mines & Geology, on instructions, submitted that the petitioner’s application for quarry lease is pending before respondent No.1. In my opinion, immediately after the joint survey was conducted, respondent No.1 ought to have disposed of the petitioner’s application in accordance with the A.P.Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966. No explanation is offered by respondent No.1 for such non- disposal. I, therefore, feel it appropriate that respondent No.1 disposes of the petitioner’s application at the earliest. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.1 to dispose of the petitioner’s application for grant of quarry lease within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.27672 of 2006, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 5th July, 2010 lur