HON'BLE SRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT APPEAL NO.141 OF 2006 And WRIT PETITION NO.26924 OF 2005 Between: M.Konda Reddy ..... Appellant/Petitioner AND The Government of A.P. rep. by its Principal Secretary (Environment Forests, Science and Technology Department), Secretariat, Hyderabad and 5 others .....Respondents ::JUDGMENT:: Counsel for the Petitioner/appellant : Sri S.Sriram Counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 to 5 : G.P. for Forests Counsel for Respondent No. 6 : Sri A.Rajasekhar Reddy Dated 13..2..2006 Per Sri G.S.Singhvi, CJ This appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent is directed against order dated 19.12.2005 passed by the learned Single Judge whereby, he dismissed WPMP No.34602 of 2005 filed by the appellant for issuance of an interim direction to the respondents to process and decide his application for grant of permission to use forest land for non-forest purposes. Sri S.Sriram, learned counsel for the appellant submitted that his client will feel satisfied if this appeal and the main writ petition are disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to process his client’s application along with other similar applications in accordance with Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003. Learned Government Pleader for Forests representing respondents 1 to 5 and Sri A.Rajasekhar Reddy, Assistant Solicitor General of India representing respondent No.6 say that they have no objection to the disposal of the writ appeal and the main writ petition in terms of the prayer made by the learned counsel. In view of the above, this appeal as also W.P.No.26924 of 2005 are disposed of with the direction that the application made by the petitioner for grant of permission to use forest land for non-forest purposes be processed and disposed of in accordance with law along with other similar applications. It is however made clear that this order of the Court shall not be construed as a mandate for grant of permission to the appellant-writ petitioner de hors the statutory provisions and the competent authority shall decide the application by independently examining the entitlement of the appellant-petitioner to use forest land for non-forest purposes. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ Dt.13.2.2006 G.BHAVANI PRASAD,J msv