THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27831 of 2008 Dated 30th June, 2011 Between: Ponaganti Mallaiah …Petitioner And The District Level Committee for Sand Auctions, rep.by its Member Convenor-cum-the Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Kothagudem, Khammam District and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad Counsel for respondent Nos.1, 2 & 4: AGP for Mines & Geology The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “…to issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring work order, dated 30.09.2008, made in proceedings No.1362/Q/2008 issued by the 4th respondent and the lease deed executed by him on 30.09.2008 accorded in favour of the 3rd respondent as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, colourable exercise of power, violative of the judgment of this Hon’ble Court made in W.P.No.18359 of 2002, Rule 9B of the A.P.Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, Section 11 and 27 of the A.P.Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002 and Rule 23 of the A.P.Water, Land and Trees Rules, 2002, colourable exercise of power, violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the petitioner under Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and consequently set aside the same.” At the hearing, Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, the interim order, dated 04.03.2009, shall stand vacated and W.P.M.P.No.36467 of 2008 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 30th June, 2011 VGB