IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 1576 of 2010 Between: 1.M.A.Sattar, S/o M.A.Rasheem, 65 years, Occ: Business, R/o Proprietor M/s Janata Saw Mill, Phulong street, Nizamabad and 2 others. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Principal Chief Conservative of Forests, Aranya Bhavan,. Government of A.P. Hyderabad and 3 others. .....RESPONDENTS HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRI PETITION No.1576 of 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondents in not considering and disposing of the representations made by the petitioners on 12.08.2008, 30.07.2008 and 18.01.2010 requesting them to increase the storage capacity of timber in their respective timber depots/Saw Mills, as being illegal and arbitrary and consequently sought for a direction to the respondents 3 and 4 to consider and dispose of the said representations. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioners are having valid licences to carry on business in timber and they are having Saw Mills and Timber depots in Nizamabad Urban coming under Nizamabad forest division. It is stated that the licenses of the petitioners Saw Mills and Timber depots were renewed from time to time till 31.12.2010. It is further stated that the forest officials are insisting to store the timber as mentioned in their licenses. It is further stated that either the A.P. Forest Produce (Storage and Depot) Rules, 1989 or the A.P. Saw Mills (Regulaton) Rules, 1969 does not postulate any such condition to store the extent of quantity of timber in their depots/Saw Mills. Since the petitioners have to store more quantity of timber in view of the demand in the market, they individually made representations to the respondents 3 and 4 on 12.08.2008, 31.07.2008 and 18.01.2010 requesting them to increase the timber storage capacity up to 500 cmt in their timber depots/Saw Mills. Since no action has been taken thereon, the petitioners approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. Heard both sides. When once the representations are given by the petitioners to the respondents 3 and 4 for enhancement of the timber storage capacity, the respondents shall pass an order either accepting it or rejecting it and it is not proper for them to keep the representations pending for a period of about one and half year. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I consider it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents 3 and 4 to consider the aforesaid representations submitted by the petitioners and pass appropriate orders thereon, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Till such time, the respondents shall not take any coercive steps against the petitioners. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 01-02-2010 Gsn.