IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5109 of 2009 Between: T. Pitcheswara Rao ..... Petitioner AND The Govt., of A.P, rep., by its Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department, Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri C.V.R. Rudra Prasad The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5109 of 2009 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… 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 the action of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in not acting upon the request made by other respondents to issue permits in favour of the 2nd respondent to quarry sand from reach No.15, Achampeta Mandal limits, Guntur District for supply of the same for construction of Nagarjuna Sagar Tail Pond Dam and Power House works as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, failure to exercise power vested with the respondents, opposed to public policy ad public interest, violative of the procedure contemplated under the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 as amended from time to time, violative of the order of this Hon’ble Court dated 29.12.2008 made in Writ Petition No.28249 of 2008, violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to me under Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 4 to forthwith accord permission to lift and quarry sand from Reach No.15, Achampeta Mandal limits on payment of Seigniorage fee.” At the hearing, Sri C.V.R. Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the Writ Petition has become infructuous. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition as infructuous, WPMP No.6681 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 19 .04.2011 ES