THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.28549 of 2007 ORDER: The petitioner was granted lease over an area of 1 Hectare of land in survey No.1 of Marturu Village for a period of 15 years way back on 30.08.1994. The area is said to be on the foot of a hill. The petitioner states that the State and the Central Governments issued instructions from time to time directing that mining lease above any foot of the hill shall be granted only in favour of the existing lessees, so that the possibility of occurrence of accidents is avoided. The petitioner states that despite such instructions, the respondents are trying to grant lease in favour of the third parties over the upper area of the hill. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. This writ petition is ﬁled on mere apprehension. It is not stated that any speciﬁc lease was granted over the upper area in favour of any third party. There is no reason to believe that the respondents would not take into account, the relevant provisions of law, whenever any lease is granted. At any rate, in case any lease is granted in favour of the third parties, contrary to the relevant provisions of law, the petitioner can certainly work out his remedies. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioner to work out his remedies as and when any alleged illegality takes place. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:06.11.2008. kdl