HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 22462 OF 2010. DATED 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2010. BETWEEN Uggina Appa Rao ….Petitioner and The Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, 4-49-18, Lawsons Bay Colony, Visakhapatnam and ors. ….Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 22462 OF 2010 ORDER: The petitioner’s Tractor and Trailer bearing Registration Nos. AP 37V 5153 and AP 31 TW 3167 respectively are said to have been seized by the ﬁrst respondent while in the process of transporting sand. The said seizure is said to have been eﬀected under Rule 9(x)(b) of the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1968. In the light of the order passed by this Court on 13.4.2010 in Writ Petition No. 8135 of 2010, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing the competent authority, the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Visakhapatnam, ﬁrst respondent herein, to levy penalty as per Rule 9(x)(b) of the Rules subject to the minimum penalty of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) and upon such payment, evidenced by oﬃcial receipt, the respondents shall release the tractor and trailer bearing registration Nos. AP 37V 5153 and AP 31 TW 3167 respectively belonging to the petitioner, along with seized documents, if any. There shall be no order as to costs. ---------------------------------- JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 15T H SEPTEMBER, 2010. Msnr.