THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.4722 of 2009 Dated 28th June, 2011 Between: M/s.K.V.V.S.N.Associates …Petitioner And The Director of Mines & Geology, 8th Floor, BRKR Building, Tank Bund, Hyderabad and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri G.Raja Babu For Smt.N.Shoba Counsel for respondents: 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 one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the representation of the petitioner dt.10.02.2009, for issuance of Transit Passes in pursuance of Licence granted under A.P.Mineral Dealers Rules, 2000 dt.13.03.2008 for the future period as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, unconstitutional and contrary to the A.P.Mineral Dealers Rules, 2000 consequently direct the respondents to consider the representation and issue Transit Passes for selling and transportation of sand from stockyard at Sy.No.14/1A, 1B, 2 & 3 of Theeparru Village, Peravalli Mandal, West Godavari District.” At the hearing, Sri G.Raja Babu, learned counsel, representing Smt.N.Shoba, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that pending the writ petition, respondent No.1 passed an order on the petitioner’s application and therefore, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. The learned counsel, however, requested the Court to give liberty to his client to question the order of respondent No.1. In view of this submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous with liberty to the petitioner in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.6202 of 2009 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 28th June, 2011 VGB