IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12150 of 2005 Between: 1 Sri Y. Sivaram Reddy, S/o Veera Reddy, R/o D.NO. 1-74, Pedakondur village, Duggirala Mandal, Guntur District. 2 Sri Y.Koti Reddy, S/o Sri Pibba Reddy, R/o D.NO. 2-105, Pedakondur village, Duggirala Mandal, Guntur District. 3 Sri Kalapaka Kishore, S/o Sri Sitaramaiah, R/o D.No. 4-48, Chodavaram Village, Guntur District. 4 Sri K. Sitaramaiah, S/o Sri Chinna Krishna, R/o D.No. 5-108, Chodavaram Village, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Panchayat Officer, Cum Member Convenor, District Level Committee, Guntur. 2 The District Collector cum Chairman under the A.P. Water Land and Trees Act, Guntur District. 3 The Deputy Director, Ground Water Department, Guntur District. 4 The Joint Collector, Guntur District. 5 Sri Narayanam Radhakrishna, S/o Sri Acharyalu, R/o Srinagar Colony, Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.A.P.VENUGOPAL Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. Counsel for Respondent No.5: MR. C.V.R.RUDRA PRASAD The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “Hence, it is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or writs, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondent authorities in not taking steps for denotifying Veerlapalem Village, Duggirala Mandal, Guntur District from sand quarrying operations, as illegal and arbitrary by consequently directing the respondents to forthwith denotify reach No.4 of Veerlapalem Village, Duggirala Mandal, from the notification issued by the 1st respondent in the interests of justice.” At the hearing, Sri A.P.Venugopal, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.15463 of 2005 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 4th JULY, 2008. kvni