IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.6049 of 2010 Between: 1.C.V.Jagannadha Raju and another. ..... Petitioner AND 1.The Divisional Forest Officer, Vizianagaram and 2 others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Mr.Mavidi Rama Rao 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 the respondents, in permitting the petitioners to cut the dry cuts and Semi Green Bamboo cuts as per the details of enumeration of Kodumuru Mokhasa Inam Land, in Saluru Section of Saluru Range, for the years 2007-10, as per the Management Plan, as illegal and arbitrary. In the manner in which the Writ Petition is proposed to be disposed of, it is not necessary to refer to the facts in detail. It will suffice to note that the agreement between the petitioner and the Mokasadar is subsisting till 31st August, 2010, and as the petitioners were unable to avail the permits granted by the respondents, they made an application on 23rd February, 2010, (wrongly mentioned as 23rd March, 2010) to respondent No.1 for grant of permits. The grievance of the petitioners is that the said application is not being disposed of and that the lease agreement between them and the Mokasadar is fast coming up to an end. In view of these facts, without going into the merits of the case, I find it appropriate to direct respondent No.1 to dispose of the petitioners’ application, for grant of permission to cut the dry cuts and Semi Green Bamboo cuts and for transportation of the cut material, within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioners immediately thereafter. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.7782 of 2010, filed by the petitioners for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ___________________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 17th March, 2010 Note: Furnish CC by Friday. (B/o) lur