THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 22508 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner submitted an application for grant of mining lease to quarry road metal over an extent of 10 Hectares of land in survey No.266 of Molleru Village, Gangavaram Mandal, East Godavari District, for a period of ten years. The application was processed to certain extent and after receiving remarks from respondents 2 and 3, the ﬁrst respondent issued a show cause notice, dated 04.09.2008, directing the petitioner to explain as to why the application shall not be rejected, in view of the reasons mentioned in the reports. The petitioner challenges the show cause notice. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. The occasion for this Court to interfere with a show cause notice arises, if only it is issued by an authority not vested with the power or where the show cause notice itself purports to decide the rights of the parties. None of such grounds are pleaded in the instant case. In fairness to the petitioner, the ﬁrst respondent had informed him the purport of the remarks received from respondents 2 and 3. In a way, the show cause notice would help the petitioner to explain adverse facts that are alleged against him. In case the application was rejected on the basis of the said remarks, the petitioner would have been put to much hardship. Therefore, this Court is not inclined to admit the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioner to put forward all his contentions in his explanation to the show cause notice. The time for submission of explanation is extended till 30.10.2008. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:16.10.2008. kdl