HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.33116 of 2011 Date: December 20, 2011 Between: K. Ravichandra Reddy … Petitioner And 1. The Director of Mines and Geology, Hyderabad & 2 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.33116 of 2011 O R D E R: The petitioner had filed earlier W.P. No.23553 of 2011 which was disposed of on 27.8.2011 by issuing necessary directions. However, as there were mistakes in describing the name of the petitioner, petitioner withdrew the said writ petition with a liberty to present this writ petition. In view of the above, there shall be similar order as was passed by this Court on 27th August 2011. 2. The Tahsildar, Chowdepalli Mandal, Chittoor District, has not forwarded his report, pursuant to the communication sent up by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Palamaner, Chittoor District, dated 21.7.2011 on the application said to have been submitted by the petitioner on the same day for grant of quarry lease over an extent of 3 hectares of land situate in Survey No.922-A of Kondamarri village, Chowdepalli Mandal, Chittoor District. 3. Learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology submits that the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Palamaner, Chittoor, has promptly sent up the necessary communication to the Tahsildar, Chowdepalli Mandal, on 21.7.2011 itself and the Tahsildar, in turn, is required to submit his report within 30 days as per the time frame limit fixed by the State Government in their policy decision contained in G.O.Ms.No.181, Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) Department, 28.5.1998. Since the Tahsildar has not finalized his report so far, the Collector, Chittoor, will not be in a position to firm up his opinion as to whether there can be any objection for grant of the quarry lease over the applied area. 4. Therefore, the 3rd respondent Tahsildar, Chowdepalli Mandal, Chittoor District, is directed to finalize his report and submit the same to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Palamaner, Chittoor District with a copy to the District Collector, Chittoor, within a period of 30 days from today. Based upon the said report of the Tahsildar, the District Collector, Chittoor may, if he so chooses, file a report before the Director of Mines and Geology within 30 days. Thereafter, the Director of Mines and Geology shall take an appropriate decision in accordance with law on the application of the petitioner and pass orders thereon, within a maximum period of six weeks and communicate the same to the petitioner. 5. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of as consented to by the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. No costs. _____________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J. Date: December 20, 2011. Note: Issue C.C. in two days. //B.O.// BSB