IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13264 of 2005 Between: M.A. Asif … Petitioner AND Assistant Director, Mines & Geology, Mahabubnagar & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri C. Janardhan for Sri K. Venkatesh Gupta This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.13264 of 2005 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in issuing transport permit No.81/MBNR/05-06, dated 16-06-2005 for transport of 1000 M.T. feldspar to the respondent No.4 by permitting the 4th respondent to continue the mining operations in the lands other than the leased lands, as illegal, arbitrary, opposed to public policy and contrary to licensing conditions u/Rule 26(1) & (2) r/w 31 (vi) of the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, and consequently set aside the permit No.81/MBNR/05-06, dated 16-06-2005 issued by the 1st respondent by directing the respondents No.1 to 3 to take steps to set that the respondent No.4 shall confine mining operations in the leased land only by raising boundaries as per Rule 31(vi) of A.P.Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 and pass any such other order or orders which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” At the hearing, Sri C. Janardhan representing Sri K.Venkatesh Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the writ petition has become infructuous. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.16839 of 2005 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 23.06.2008 ES