IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 25240 of 2002 Between: 1 L. Rukmangadha Varma s/o Venkatarama Raju R/o D. No. 20-2-13/A, Ayodhya Nagar Vijayawada-3 2 D. Sankar reddy s/o Ramkoti reddy R/o Seethrampuram, Pathapadu Post, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Krishna District 3 D. Venkat Reddy s/o Pedda Anji Reddy, R/o K.V. Kandrika, Pathapadu Post, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Krishna District 4 D. omkar reddy S/o Ramkoti reddy 5 Y.V. Suresh Kumar, s/o Satyanarayana R/o H. No. 25-1-25, Sundaramma Street, Gandhi Nagar, Vijayawada-3 6 P. Durga Prasad, s/o Satyanarayana R/o D. No. 16-7-24, Md, Baig Street, Purnanandampet, Vijayawada ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chief Conservator of Forests, The government of Andhra Pradesh Reserve Bank of India saifabad, Hyderabad 2 The Forest Settlement Officer, Nellore, Nellore District 3 The Divisional Forest Officer (Teritorial), Vijayawada Divsiion, Vijayawada 4 The Deputy Director ofMines and Gology, Kakinada, East Godavari District 5 The Assistant Director District Survey Land Records, Krishna District Machilipatnam .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of /Writ of Mandamus declaring the claim made by the Forest Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Sy. No . 205 of Pathapadu Village, Vijayawada Rural Mandal, Krishna District as part of the land in Adininekkam Forest Block-1 pursuant to G.O.Ms. No,. 1889, Food and Agriculture (forest-III) dated 7-10-1969 as arbitrary, illegal unjust violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 19 of the constitution of India, the constitutional rights guaranteed under Article 300-A of the constitution of India apart from being contrary to the A.P. Forest Act 1967 and the A.P. Minor Mineral concession Rules 1966 and consequently direct the respondents Nos. 2 and 3 not to interfere with the petitioners lease hold rights to quarry mineral in Sy. No. 205 pathapadu Village, Vijayawada rural Mandal, Krishna District. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR. C.V.R.RUDRA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.25240 of 2002 O R D E R : It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the cause in the writ petition does not survive and therefore no further adjudication is necessary. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J Dated: 17.03.2009 gbs