IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17650 of 2008 Between: S. Erwanth Rao … Petitioner And The Govt., of A.P., O/o. Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Nizamabad. … Respondent Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri D.V.R. Tejo Karthik for Sri C.V.R. Rudra Prasad The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.17650 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring Lr.No.925/Sand/2007,dated 23.07.2008 passed by the respondent directing the petitioner to pay the alleged differential amount and threatening to initiate action in respect of right to quarry sand from Kodicherla Village, Kotagiri Mandal, Nizamabad District as arbitrary, without any power, authority or jurisdiction, non-application of mind to the relevant facts, contrary to the Rules made under A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 and violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the petitioner under Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and direct the respondent not to interfere with the petitioner’s right to quarry sand from Kodicherla Reach.” At the hearing, Sri D.V.R. Tejo Karthik representing Sri C.V.R. Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.22945 of 2008 and WVMP.No.3675 of 2008 are also dismissed. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 03.08.2010. ES