IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH: AT HYDERABAD. FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON’BLE Ms.JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.9011 of 2004 Between: Inaganti Sridhar, S/o late Chenchuramayya, Hindu, aged about 36 years, Occ: Business, R/o D.No.4-6-12, S.N.P.Agraharam, first Lane, 2nd Cross, Bapatla, Guntur District. … Petitioner And 1. The District Collector, Guntur, Guntur District. 2. The Mandal Revenue Officer, Bapatla Mandal, Bapatla, Guntur District. 3. The Director, A.P.Tourism Department, Near Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 4. The Managing Director, A.P. Travel and Tourism Development Corporation Limited, Government of A.P., Hyderabad. 5. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. By its Principal Secretary, Department of Tourism, Y.T.A. and C. Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6. The Director, A.P. Shore Area Development Authority, A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 7. The Principal Secretary, Environment and Forests, Science and Technology (E.F.S.T), 2nd Floor, D-Block, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 8. Air Force Station, Suryalanka, Bapatla, Guntur District represented by its Station Commander. 9. Suryalanka Beach Resort Pvt Ltd., company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered office at Vijayawada, rep. By its Director, Manne Ram Babu, S/o Sri Krishna Murthy, Hindu aged about 41 years, Occ: Entrepreneur , r/o Appikatla, Bapatla, Guntur District. Respondents. Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying 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 writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, declaring the action of the first respondent in permitting the 9th respondent to set up tourism project at Suryalanka within the prohibited zone of 500 mts high tide line and within the prohibited zone of 900 mts from Suryalanka Air Force Station by way of lease of land without environmental clearance from the 6th and 7th respondents herein as illegal and arbitrary and declaring the action of the 4th respondent in taking up construction activity within the said prohibited zone as illegal, and arbitrary and it is further consequently prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to direct the first respondent to see that no construction by the 9th and the 4th respondent is taken up by way of any resort, hotel or in any manner attracting the public within the prohibited zone without the clearance of Environment from the 6th and 7th respondents herein to protect and preserve the Suryalanka Beach, Bapatla, Guntur District and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. For the petitioner : Mr.S.R.Sanku, Advocate. For the respondents 1 and 2 : G.P. for Revenue For respondents 3 to 9 : None appeared. The court made the following: ORAL ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice) Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks to withdraw the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn. ___________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, CJ 18-6-2004 __________ G.ROHINI, J tvr