THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.NO.1765 of 2009 02-02-2010 BETWEEN; Matangi Venu ...Petitioner vs. Government of A.P. Industries and Commerce Department rep. by its Secretary and others ...Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN W.P.NO.1765 of 2009 ORAL ORDER: (Per GR,J) The auction notification dated 20-01-2009 inviting tenders -cum- publi auction for grant of leasehold rights to quarry sand at Nadakuduru sand reach Challapalli Mandal, Krishna district for a period of two years, is challenged in thi writ petition filed in public interest on the ground that the mandated clearanc from the Director, Ground Water Department as contemplated under Rule 9-B (6 of the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules,1966 (for short “the 1966 Rules has not been obtained. It is stated by Sri A.Sanjeev Kumar the learned counse for the petitioner that no bids were received pursuant to the auction notificatio impugned herein; therefore the auction process was aborted; another notificatio was issued which is the subject matter of the challenge in another writ petition and hence the cause in this writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Th learned Government Pleader for Industries and Commerce concedes thi position. In the circumstances, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No orde as to costs. ______________ GODA RAGHURAM,J __________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J 2ND FEBRUARY 2010. TSNR