THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.3267 of 2005 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed in a representative capacity by the Honorary President Mr.P.Venkatanarayana of Waddera Stone Workers Union, Vijaypal Colony, Waddepally, Warangal district. It is the case of the petitioner that he is the Honorary and Founder President of Waddera Stone Workers Union, which has a total number of 125 Waddera Stone Workers. According to the petitioner, initially, the Director of Mines and Geology granted mining lease in respect of 1.6 Hec. In Sy.No.1002/1 of Madikonda village, Hanumakonda mandal, Warangal district for a period of 15 years. However, in view of the fact that no lease could have been granted in favour of Worker’s Union, the Mines and Geology Department advised the members of the petitioner union to form into a cooperative society enabling it to transfer the lease. Thereafter, it appears, a Cooperative Society was formed in the name and style of ‘Kodanda Rama Waddera Labour Stone Workers Paraspara Sahayaka Sahakara Sangam’ (fourth respondent) and one K.Srinivas Rao was elected as President and lease granted in favour of Vaddera Workers Union has been transferred in favour of fourth respondent society. Now it is the case of the petitioner that the alleged President K.Srinivas of fourth respondent society has submitted a fake resolution purported to be dated 28.12.2003 showing that as if petitioner has been removed from the office of Honorary President. Therefore, the very transfer of lease obtained by fourth respondent was by playing fraud on the authorities. Be that as it may, since the petitioner is only a Union and the rules do not permit to grant mining lease in favour of a Union, the petitioner was advised to form a society and in fact a society was formed and for the purpose of verification, the Mines and Geology Department has addressed a letter to the Authorities under Cooperative Societies Act and the authorities have informed the Department that a society has been formed in the name of ‘Kodanda Rama Waddera Labour Stone Workers Paraspara Sahayaka Sahakara Sangam’, therefore the lease granted earlier in favour of Union was transferred in favour of the said society for the unexpired period and the same is subsisting as of today. If, it is the case of the petitioner that some of the members are not included as members of the fourth respondent society, it is always open for such of those members, to make an appropriate application before the authorities under Cooperative Societies Act and on filing such application, it is for the authorities to decide the matter on its own merits for inclusion of such members to be the members of the fourth respondent society. Subject to the above, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 20.1.2011 DA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.3267 of 2005 20.1.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.3267 of 2005 Date: 20th January, 2011 Between: Waddera Stone Workers Union, rep. by its Honorary President P.Venkatanarayana .. Petitioner And The District Educational Officer, Kurnool and others. .. Respondents