HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.26661 of 2011 Date: 22.09.2011 Between: K.Narasinga Rao ..... Petitioner AND: The Assistant Director, Mines and Geology Department, Visakhapatnam District and another. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Smt A.S.Lakshmi Counsel for Respondent No.1: GP for Mines and Geology Counsel for Respondent No.2: ---- The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the seizure of the petitioner’s lorry bearing registration No.AP-31-TU-3357 by respondent No.1 as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, it is agreed by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology that in similar Writ Petitions, this Court has been directing the respondents to release the seized vehicles subject to the petitioners therein complying with Rule 9 (x) (b) of the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, i.e., by paying Rs.5,000/-, in case of tractor and trailer and Rs.10,000/-, in case of lorry, found transporting sand without permit. Having regard to the same, this Writ Petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondents to release the petitioner’s seized lorry bearing registration No.AP-31- TU-3357, on the petitioner’s showing proof of payment of Rs.10,000/- as penalty and also on his filing an undertaking that he will not indulge in such violations in future. This order, however, does not absolve the petitioner of his criminal liability in accordance with law. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.32896 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd September 2011 DR