The Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.12555 of 2010 Dated 4th June, 2010 Between: M/s.Mahaboob Subhani Saw Mill. …Petitioner And The Prl.Chief Conservator of Forests, A.P.,Hyderabad and 2 others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Mr.Ch.Janardhan Reddy Counsel for the respondents : GP for Forests The Court made the following: Order: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent No.1, in disposing of the petitioner’s representation, stated to have been filed against order, dated 02-01-2009, of respondent No.2, rejecting his application for renewal of sawmill licence, as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri Ch.Janardhan Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Government Pleader for Forests representing the respondents. Under Rule 11 of the Andhra Pradesh Saw Mills Regulations, 1969, any person aggrieved by an order passed by the licencing authority refusing to renew or revoke a licence is entitled to file an appeal before respondent No.1. Even according to the petitioner, he has made a representation and has not filed an appeal as envisaged in the above Rule. Realising that the petitioner has not followed the statutory provision, the learned Counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty of the Court to the petitioner to file a statutory appeal in terms of the above- mentioned Rule. In view of the same, the Writ Petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach respondent No.1 with a statutory appeal. If such an appeal is filed, respondent No.1 may dispose of the same as expeditiously as possible. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.15810 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 4th June, 2010 lur