THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 23279 OF 2007 Dated 22nd June, 2010 Between: Vadapally Boatsmen & Labour Contract Cooperative Society …Petitioner And The District Level Committee for Sand Auctions and another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Mines and Geology The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in demanding to pay the amount towards stamp duty for registration of agreement after expiry of the lease period pursuant to agreement dated 01.04.2006 more so when the revision against non-granting of 10% concession on the highest bid amount is pending consideration before the Government of Andhra Pradesh as arbitrary, illegal, colourable exercise of power, discriminatory, without jurisdiction, violative of the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964 and the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 19 (1) (g) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 2nd respondent not to demand payment of the amount towards stamp duty.” At the hearing, Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that questioning the action impugned in the writ petition, the petitioner availed the remedy of revision before the Government and that the petitioner would be satisfied if a direction is given for early disposal of the revision petition. As I find this submission of the learned counsel reasonable, the writ petition is disposed of, without going into the merits of the claims raised by the petitioner in this writ petition, with the direction to the Government of Andhra Pradesh to dispose of petitioner’s Revision Petition No.7312 of 2007 within a period of three (3) months, if the same has not already been disposed of, and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.30329 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 22nd June, 2010 vrn