IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23591 of 2008 Between: C. Shashi Kumar, S/o. Sri Ramulu, Presently R/o. H.No. 5-9-22/37, Street No.5, Hill Fort, Adarshnagar, Hyderabad -063. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Principal Secretary, Industries And Commerce (Mines), Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, A.P. 2 Director of Mines & Geology, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Building, Near Tank Bund, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District. 4 Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District. 5 Tahasildar, Koikonda Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. 6 Divisional Forest Officer (W.L.), Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an order or direction or writ more particularly a Writ of Mandamus to declare the inaction of the 1st to 3rd respondents in disposing of the application ﬁled by the petitioner for grant of prospective licence lease to "Quartz & feldspar" in Sy.No. 74, 74/1 to 74/70 of Perkiveedu Village, Koilkonda Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District more particularly 3rd respondent in not issuing NOC even after receiving favourable reports from concerned authorities is illegal and unconstitutional further direct them to consider the same for grant of propective Licence lease in favour of the petitionrs as per the provisions of M & M (D&R) Act 1957 and mineral confessional Rules 1960, and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.JAMPANIRAMESH BABU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23591 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner claims to have made an application on 06.04.2005 for prospecting licence for Quartz and Feldspar over an extent of Ac.500.00 of land in various sub divisions of Survey No.74 of Perkiveedu Village, Koilkonda Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. The Tahasildar, 5 th respondent herein is said to have submitted a report, stating that the lease can be granted over an extent of Ac.32.00. It is stated that the petitioner restricted his application only to that area. His grievance is that no action has been taken by the officials of the Mines and Geology Department so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. Even according to the petitioner, the Report of Tahasildar came only on 12.09.2008. Till that time, the oﬃcials of the Mines and Geology Department were virtually helpless. It cannot be said that there was undue delay on their part. However, having regard to the fact that the application is pending for the past three years, and the area was also reduced to a substantial extent, respondents 2 to 4 have to take necessary steps to process the application. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that respondents 2 to 4 shall process the application submitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders thereon, within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 10.11.2008 JSU ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{SPJS} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23591 of 2008 Date: 10.11.2008 JSU