THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WP NO. 31083 of 2010 Date of Judgment: 19.12.2011 Between: Chinna Venkata Subba Rao and another …Petitioners and Government of Andhra Pradesh and others ..Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WP NO. 31083 OF 2010 ORDER: Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioners have applied for grant of quarry lease, on 19.5.2010 for gravel and stones crushes in S.No. 1903/2 of Kotturu village, Nellore Rural. Alleging that 2nd respondent, having acknowledged the receipt of the said application, on 19.5.2010 itself, has not acted in terms of G.O.Ms.No. 181, Industries and Commerce Department, dated 28.5.1998, this writ petition is filed. 4th respondent has filed a counter-affidavit inter alia stating about the nature of the land applied for and alleging that it vests in the Government. It is also stated that he has sent a report to the 2nd respondent under his reference No. Rc.B/4062/09, dated 28.1.2011, a copy of the said report is also appended to the counter-affidavit. 2nd respondent has also filed a counter-affidavit inter alia stating that he could not pass appropriate orders on the petitioners’ application, as survey proposed on 21.1.2011 was postponed and that ‘No objection certificate’ from 4th respondent was not received by then. It is apparent that the 4th respondent has already sent his report and it is for 2nd respondent to act on the same in accordance with the G.O. No. 181, referred to above. If the survey was not conducted by the date of filing of the counter-affidavit, almost 9 months have passed since then. The writ petition is, therefore, disposed of directing the 2nd respondent to take into consideration the report of 4th respondent and complete the process of survey and pass appropriate orders on the petitioners’ application in terms of G.O. Ms. No. 181, referred to above, as expeditiously as possible, within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. _________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J Dt. 19.12.2011 KR