THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 13885 OF 2007 Dated 15th June, 2010 Between: Potluri Raghu Babu …Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh and six others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad Counsel for the respondents: ---- The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “This Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring resolution No.2 of the second respondent dated 14.05.2007 and the consequential communication of the third respondent in Lr.No.1002/Q/2007 dated 19.05.2007 to the seventh respondent according permission for 150 days lease in respect of Reach No.5, Krishna River as arbitrary, illegal, colourable exercise of power, violative of the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 and the fundamental rights guaranteed to a citizen under Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the second and third respondents to conduct public auction in respect of Reach No.5, Gollapudi Village limits on Krishna River by cancelling the permission given to the seventh respondent.” At the hearing, Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that in view of expiry of the period for which the extension of lease was granted, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, interim order dated 05.09.2007 is vacated. WPMP No.17425 of 2007 and WVMP No.2229 of 2007 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 15th June, 2010 vrn