IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.31358 of 2011 BETWEEN M/s. Arunachalam Granites, Chittoor. ... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. By its Secretary, Industries & Commerce (M1), Secretariat, Hyderabad and four others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. T.C. KRISHNAN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MINES & GEOLOGY-RR 1 to 2 GP FOR REVENUE – R3 to R5 The Court made the following order: ORDER: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology for respondents 1 and 2 and learned Government Pleader for Revenue for respondents 3 to 5. 2. This writ petition has been ﬁled complaining of non-compliance with G.O.Ms.No.181 Industries & Commerce (Mines-1) Department, dated 28.05.1998, alleging that though the petitioner has applied for grant of quarry lease on 03.11.2011 and the said application was forwarded by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology to the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer/Tahsildar, G.D. Nellore Mandal, the action in terms of the said G.O.Ms.No.181 has not been taken by the Tahsildar. Consequently, a direction is sought against the Tahsildar to forthwith act in terms of the said G.O. and send a report to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, without further loss of time. 3. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue takes notice for the Tahsildar - ﬁfth respondent herein and states that the said report is under process and submits that the Tahsildar is required to act in terms of the said G.O. 4. In view of the submission made by the learned Government Pleader for Revenue, I deem it appropriate to direct the Tahsildar to send the report directly to the second respondent-Assistant Director of Mines and Geology in terms of the G.O.Ms.No.181 dated 28-05- 1998 within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J December 3, 2011 Note: Furnish C.C. of the order by 05.12.2011 (B/o) DSK