HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.33259 of 2010 Date: 29.12.2010 Between : M/s.Sohail Saw Mill, Nizamabad, rep. by its Proprietor & another. ….Petitioners And State of A.P., rep. by its Chief Secretary, Forest Department & others. ….Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.33259 of 2010 ORDER : Heard learned counsel for petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Forest, appearing for respondents. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions to the respondents to consider their representations, dated 16.06.2009, 18.01.2010 and 29.01.2010. Petitioners are licensees under the A.P. Saw Mill (Regulation) Rules, 1969, famed under the A.P. Forest Act, 1967. They are given license to use the machinery of vertical bend saw. On the ground that in view of growth of demand for doors and windows in the Municipal areas, they made request to the respondents to permit them to convert the existing vertical bend saw machinery into horizontal bend saw, to run their sawmills. It is their grievance that inspite of such representations, the same are not being considered. Whether the petitioners are entitled to such permission, is a matter, which is required to be examined by the licensing authority i.e. the Divisional Forest Officer, Nizamabad. In view of pendency of the representations made by the petitioners, without expressing any opinion n the claim of the petitioners, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 4th respondent, who is the licensing authority, to consider the representations made by the petitioners and take appropriate decision, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, without being influenced by any of the observations made in this order. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 29th December 2010 ajr