HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.28152 of 2011 and WRIT PETITION No.28168 of 2011 Date: October 24, 2011 WRIT PETITION No.28152 of 2011: Between: K. Venkata Ramana Achari … Petitioner And 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by Director of Mines & Geology, Hyderabad & 3 others. … Respondents * * * WRIT PETITION No.28168 of 2011: Between: S. Safi … Petitioner And 1. The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by Director of Mines & Geology, Hyderabad & 3 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.28152 of 2011 and WRIT PETITION No.28168 of 2011 COMMON ORDER: Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioners have applied for grant of quarry lease under their applications dated 18.4.2011 and in terms of G.O.Ms.No.181 Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.5.1998. The expeditious disposal of such applications is regulated by the procedure prescribed under the said G.O. The main grievance of the petitioners is that though the report from the Mandal Revenue Officer, Chowdepalli, is called for by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, neither the said report is sent in terms of the G.O. directly to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology within the time prescribed, but a specific requisition therefore in the letter of Assistant Director of Mines and Geology dated 18.4.2011 addressed to the Tahsildar (MRO) is not being followed by the 4th respondent. The learned counsel for the petitioners relied upon similar grievance redressed by order of this Court in W.P. No.22568 of 2011 dated 10.8.2011 and requests for a similar direction. 3. Since the terms of G.O.Ms. No.181 dated 28.5.1998 referred to above categorically state that report of the Mandal Revenue Officer need not be routed from the intermediate level of Revenue Divisional Officer-Sub-Collector, the present writ petitions are disposed of directing the 4th respondent to follow the said G.O. referred to above and expeditiously send his report to the second respondent to enable the second respondent thereafter to process and finalise the applications of the petitioners. No order as to costs. ___________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J Date: October 24, 2011. BSB