THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2395 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner submitted an application for grant of Saw Mill licence. The matter relating to grant of licences to Saw Mills was dealt with by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and a Central Empowered Committee was constituted for this purpose. The petitioner submits that though respondents 1 and 2 have recommended the case duly recommending grant of licence, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chairman, the third respondent herein, did not forward the matter to the Central Empowered Committee, the fifth respondent herein. The learned Government Pleader for Forests, on instructions, submits that the third respondent has since forwarded the application of the petitioner to the fifth respondent. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Forests. Till recently, the grant or renewal of Saw Mill licences used to be governed by the A.P. Saw Mill Regulations. With a view to preserve the forest growth, the Hon’ble Supreme Court initiated various steps, one of them, being the constitution of a Central Empowered Committee. The Committee was conferred with the powers, among others to scrutinize the applications for grant or renewal of Saw Mill Licences. The petitioner is under the impression that the application was not forwarded to the firth respondent. Now that it has emerged that the application has been forwarded. The petitioner has to await the outcome of the consideration of the application by the fifth respondent. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioner to pursue his remedies with the fifth respondent. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:19.02.2009 kdl