THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO. 23313 of 1999 DATE: 13-04-2007 Between : Tellam VenkatRao, Devaram village, Devipatnam Mandal, East Godavari District and another. … Petitioner And The Project Officer, I.T.D.A., Rampachodavarm, East Godavari District and 4 others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHIN WRIT PETITION NO. 23313 of 1999 ORDER: Aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondents 2 to 5 to take effective steps for preventing the illegal mining of gem stones and failure to implement the recommendation of the first respondent dated 04-03-1999 under which guidelines were issued to safeguard the interest of the innocent tribals, this writ petition was filed. Pursuant to the Rule Nisi ordered, the Project Officer, I.T.D.A. filed a counter affidavit stating that basing on the recommendations dated 04-03-1999, G.O.Ms.No.98, dated 13-10- 1999 was already issued to regulate illegal mining and to safeguard the interest of the tribals and that the said G.O. is being implemented. In view of what has been stated in the counter affidavit, no further enquiry is necessary in the writ petition. Accordingly, recording the statement of the respondents in their counter affidavit, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J Date:13-04-2007 KLP