HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.15789 of 2011 Date: 14.11.2011 Between: D.Murali, S/o.Ananda Reddy … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Industry & Commerce (MI) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents O R D E R: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology appearing for Respondents 1 and 2 and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for Respondents 3 to 5. 2. The petitioner has applied for grant of mining lease for black granite under his application dated 18.04.2011 in terms of G.O.Ms.No.181 Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.05.1998. An expeditious disposal of such application is regulated by the procedure prescribed under the said G.O. The main grievance of the petitioner is that though the report from the Tahsildar, Pakala Mandal, is called for by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, the said report is not sent in terms of the G.O. directly to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology within the time prescribed. 3. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue, on instructions, submits that the report on the petitioner’s application has already been sent on 25.05.2011 to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Chittoor. 4. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the second respondent-Assistant Director of Mines and Geology to follow the mandate of G.O.Ms.No.181, dated 28.05.1998, referred to above, and pass appropriate orders on the petitioner’s application, within thirty days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. 5. In view of disposal of the writ petition itself, no further orders are necessary in W.V.M.P.No.3260 of 2011. _____________________ Vilas V. Afzulpurkar, J Date: 14.11.2011 va