THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 3401 OF 2010 Dated: 19-02-2010 Between: M/s. B.V.R. Minerals, rep., by its Managing Partner, B. Venugopal Reddy, S/o Papi Reddy, age 62 years, R/o # 5-2-13/2, Kaviraja Nagar, Opp. District Court, Khammam ... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and six others ... RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 3401 OF 2010 ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner who is an applicant for grant of mining lease for dolomite and white shale over an extent of Acs.35.00 in Survey No. 37 of Khanapuram Village, Khammam District seeks a direction by way of mandamus to direct respondent Nos.3, 5 and 7 not to allot the lands in the said survey number to any person or persons for non-mining purposes. It is the grievance of the petitioner that though certain instructions were issued by the Government vide G.O.Ms.No. 74, Industries and Commerce (M.I) Department, dated 16-02-2002 for not allotting the mineral rich areas to any other purposes other than mining, steps are being taken by the authorities to allot the land in question for housing purposes. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that if allotments are made for housing purposes nearby to the mining areas, it will be dangerous for the residents therein, in case mining leases are granted to the petitioner and other similarly situated persons. The area covered by Survey No. 27 totally admeasures about Acs.153.00. The petitioner is an applicant for grant of mining lease for dolomite and white shale in an area of Acs.35.00 in the said survey number. As of now, there is no material before this Court that the area having mineral wealth is being allotted to any other purpose other than mining. Further, it is also not known as to out of total area what is the area covered by mineral wealth and what is the distance within which there is prohibition for grant of sites under housing scheme. In that view of the matter, I do not find any merit in the writ petition for grant of directions as prayed for by the petitioner. However, as the petitioner has already applied for grant of mining lease for dolomite and white shale in an area of Acs.35.00, I permit it to make a representation in this regard to the District Collector, Khammam, the 3rd respondent herein within a period of four weeks from today. The petitioner shall also enclose a copy of G.O.Ms.No.74, dated 16-02-2002. If any such representation is made, the 3rd respondent shall take steps to avoid grant of any area having mineral wealth to any other purpose other than mining in terms of the said G.O. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 18-02-2010 ks