IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.7113 of 2009 Between: V. Annapurna, W/o. Satyanarayana Raju, R/o. D. No.1-15-3F, Vamsi Krishna Nagar, Bhimavaram - 534 202, West Godavari District. ...Petitioner And 1. Bhimavaram Municipality, Represented by its Commissioner, Bhimavaram, West Godavari District. 2. The Pollution Control Board, C/o. District Collectorate, Eluru, West Godavari District. 3. Sri Brundavanam Venkata Vijaya Kumar, S/o. Manga Rao, Vamsi Krishna Nagar, Bhimavaram - 534 202, West Godavari District. ...Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of mandamus declaring the 1st and 2nd respondents to take action against 3rd respondent by removing the Cement Brick Manufacturing Unit from residential colony and consequently declare that the inaction of the 1st and 2nd respondent is illegal. Counsel for the petitioner : Sri S. Ravi Raj Counsel for respondent No.1 : Sri S. Nageswara Reddy Counsel for respondent No.2 : Sri Y. Srinivasa Murthy Counsel for respondent No.3 : None The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, C.J.) The grievance made in the petition is that respondent No.3 is manufacturing cement bricks in the residential locality and is polluting the atmosphere. In pursuance of the notice issued by this Court, learned Standing Counsel for Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Sri Y. Srinivasa Murthy has placed on record a report dated 17th April, 2009 prepared by the Environmental Engineer stating that the place in question had been inspected on 6th April, 2009, and it was found that respondent No.3 had stopped the activity of brick manufacturing. In the circumstances, the grievance ventilated in the petition would not survive. The petition is accordingly disposed of with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, C.J. 28th April, 2009 RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J. To 1. The Commissioner, Bhimavaram Municipality, Bhimavaram, West Godavari District. 2. The Environmental Engineer, Regional Office, A.P. Pollution Control Board, K.S.R. Thota, Gavaravaram, Eluru, West Godavari District. 3. Two C.D. copies. ARS