IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27097 of 2008 Between: Sri G. Deepak Reddy ..... Petitioner AND The Govt., of A.P., rep., by its Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Geology, Industries & Commerce Dept., Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Malladi Pavan Kumar Aditya Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Mines & Geology The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.27097 of 2008 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside Memo No.28668/P1/2005, dated 07.03.2006 and consequential letter dated 22.10.2008 of respondent Nos.2 and 3 respectively. The controversy in this Writ Petition is very narrow i.e., whether respondent No.3 is justified in seeking to reject the application for grant of quarry lease for rough stone and road metal in Sy.No.266 of Mohammadabad Village, Narayanapur Mandal, Nalgonda District on account of delay in issuing “No Objection Certificate” (for short, ‘NOC’) by the Tahsildar concerned. In the counter affidavit, respondent No.3 has justified communication dated 22.10.2008 issued by him on the basis of Memo No.28668/P1/2005, dated 07.03.2006. He further averred that the petitioner’s application is still pending for want of NOC and that he was advised to approach the revenue authority for early issuance of NOC. Having regard to these facts, the petitioner is permitted to approach the Tahsildar concerned for NOC. If the petitioner produces the NOC within a period of two months, respondent No.3 shall consider his pending application for grant of quarry lease for rough stone and road metal. Conversely, if no such NOC is produced, respondent No.3 shall be free to dispose of the application in accordance with law. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.35489 of 2008 and WVMP.No.3149 of 2009 are disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 23.06.2011 ES