THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.20993 of 2007 Date 05-10-2007 Between: Sri Sai Saicharan Tribal Society for stones and Sand Crushers rep. By its President. ..... PETITIONER AND The State of A.P. rep. by its Principal Secretary to Govt. Industries & Commerce Dept, Secretariat, Hyderabad & others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.20993 of 2007 ORDER: Heard the counsel. 2. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Industries takes notice on behalf of respondents. 3. Sri A.Sai Chakravarthy, learned counsel for the petitioner, has taken this Court to the contents in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition and would submit that a representation dated 10-08-2007 is pending before the first respondent and the first respondent is not considering and disposing of the same in spite of repeated requests. 4. This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the case of the petitioner for grant of Mining Lease for a period of 20 years for White Clay to the extent of 15 Hectares or Ac.45.00 in Bandaravirala village or Yacharam village or Arutla village of Manchala Mandal, Ranga Reddy District as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to grant Mining lease to the petitioner-society for a period of 20 years for White Clay to the extent of 15 Hectares or Ac.45.00 in Bandaravirala village or Yacharam village or Arutla village of Manchala Mandal, Ranga Reddy District by duly disposing of the representation made by the petitioner-society. 5. It is stated that the petitioner-society was registered under the A.P.Co-operative Societies Act, 1964, with registration No.175 of 2006. It is also stated that the petitioner made representation along with demand draft on 17-08-2006. It is further stated that the petitioner made representation dated 10-08-2007 and despite repeated requests, the said representation is not being disposed of by the first respondent. 6. In the light of the facts and circumstances well explained in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the first respondent is directed to consider and dispose of the representation of the petitioner dated 10-08-2007 within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 7. The Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. No order as to costs. ____________ 05-10-2007 usd