THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR W.P.No.2898 of 2007 Date: 19.08.2010 Between: M/s. Peninsula Mining Company, Rep.by its Managing Partner, R. Laxmi Reddy, Nellore. … Petitioner AND The Govt. of India, rep.by its Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Lodi Road, New Delhi, and 3 others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR W.P. No.2898 of 2007 ORDER: The petitioner company assails the insistence upon prior environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, for executing a lease deed in its favour pursuant to G.O.Ms.No.228, Industries and Commerce (M-II) Department, dated 11.08.2006. By the aforestated G.O., the petitioner company was granted a mining lease for quartz and crystal quartz over an extent of 42 acres in Survey No.945/14C/B/3/6 (part) of Madugula village, Gurajala Mandal, Guntur District for a period of 20 years. Pursuant thereto, the Director of Mines and Geology, Hyderabad was required to execute a lease deed in favour of the petitioner after satisfying himself that all the required provisions of law were fulfilled by the petitioner company. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Industries and Commerce produced letter No.1609/M/2004 dated 18.08.2010 addressed to his office by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Dachepalli, Guntur District wherein it is stated that the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Hyderabad, had issued environmental clearance under order dated 31.01.2008 and the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (Zonal Office), Vijayawada issued Consent Order for Establishment (COE) under proceedings dated 23.04.2008. Thereupon, as the conditions in G.O.Ms.No.228 dated 11.08.2006 stood fulfilled, the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Dachepalli, Guntur District executed the mining lease deed in Form-K in favour of the petitioner company on 23.07.2008 and issued work orders under proceedings No.1609/M/2004 of the same date. In the light of the aforestated developments referred to in the above communication, the cause no longer survives for adjudication. The writ petition is accordingly closed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: 19.08.2010 Isn