THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.25953 of 2006 Date: 27-12-2006 Between: Tallapragada Muralidhar, S/o Balarama Rao, aged 43 years, Occ: cultivation, r/o Chinnampeta village, Chatrai Mandal, Krishna District. … Petitioner. And 1. The District Collector (P & R), Krishna, Machilipatnam and 2 others. … Respondents. * * * ORDER: Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj had taken notice on 13.12.2006 and requested time to get instructions and subsequent thereto the matter was adjourned on a couple of occasions. 2. Certain instructions obtained by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj are placed before this Court. 3. The writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus declaring action of the respondents in not responding to the petitioner’s representation dated 20.10.2006 and not taking any action to prevent illegal quarrying and transporting of sand from the Thammileru River from Chinnampeta and Cheepurugudem Reaches, as arbitrary and illegal; and consequently direct the respondents to take immediate action to prevent illegal quarrying and transporting of sand from the Thammileru River from Chinnampeta and Cheepurugudem Reaches and pass such other suitable orders. 4. Several factual details are narrated and it is stated that the respondents are not responding to the representation of the petitioner dated 20.10.2006. The following written instructions signed by the District Panchayat Officer, Krishna, Machilipatnam are placed before this Court. “ It is submitted that the Panchayat Secretary of Chinnampeta and Cheepurugudem Gram Panchayats in Chatrai Mandal was instructed to take necessary action to prevent the illicit sand quarrying and illegal transport of sand from the sand reach and the Mandal Revenue Officer and the Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Chatrai were also requested to take preventive measures for the prevention of illegal sand quarrying from the sand reaches. The Deputy Director, Ground Water, Vijayawada was requested in this office Lr.Dt:19.08.2006 to furnish a report whether the sand reaches are feasible for the leasing. The Deputy Director, Ground Water has stated in his report dt:04.11.06 that the sand reaches in question are not feasible for public auction. Therefore the Mandal Revenue Officer, and the Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Chatrai were requested to arrange barricades for the sand reach in the Mandal to prevent illegal quarrying. T h e Mandal Revenue Officer and the Mandal Parishad Development Officer were also requested to check the sand quarrying vehicles and to collect Rs.10,000/- for each lorry and Rs.5000/- for each tractor, if the sand is illegally quarried from the sand reaches. The reports of the Mandal Revenue Officer and the Mandal Parishad Development Officer are awaited on the action taken by them and the amounts collected by them towards fine.” It is stated by the learned Assistant Government Pleader that appropriate steps are being taken to prevent the illegal quarrying and transporting of sand from the Thammileru River from Chinnampeta and Cheepurugudem Reaches. 5. In view of the same, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents 1 to 3 to look into the grievance of the petitioner and take appropriate further action in accordance with law. 6. The writ petition is disposed of with the above directions. No order as to costs. _________________ P.S.NARAYANA, J. Date: December 27, 2006. BSB