THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.11061 of 2001 Dated: 05.07.2006 Between: The Dharanikota Sand & Ferry Boat Workers Cooperative Society Limited (Regn/No.1-2430), Dharanikota, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, rep., by its President, N.Chinna Subba Rao. … PETITIONER And: The District Collector/Chairman, Sand Auction District Level Committee, Guntur and others. …RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.11061 of 2001 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not granting leasehold rights for sand quarry operations in respect of Reach No.13 i.e, Amaravathi- Dharanikota, pursuant to the auction notice dated 14.05.2001 as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to G.O.Ms.No.1 dated 01.01.2001, and to consequently hold that the fifth respondent is not qualified for grant of lease under Rule 9(B)(3) of G.O.Ms.No.1, and for a direction to the respondents to extend the benefits conferred under Rule 9(B)(e) of G.O.Ms.No.1, dated 01.01.2001 to the petitioner. This Court, while ordering Rule Nisi on 08.06.2001, passed the interim order to the following effect: “Drawal of lots shall go on. The award of contract must be on preferential basis and as per Rule 9(B)(3) of G.O.Ms.No.1 dated 01.01.2001 and shall be confined only to the Societies registered under A.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1964.” In the light of the said interim order, I am of the considered view that no further orders need to be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. No costs. _________ 05.07.2006 sh