IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7797 of 2009 Between: M. Vasu & another. ..... Petitioners AND The Govt., of A.P, rep., by its Department of Mines & Geology Hyderabad & others. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri C.V. Rudra Prasad The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7797 of 2009 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 the action of the 2nd respondent in seeking to grant leasehold rights to quarry sand from Vellanki Sand Reach, Veerullapadu Mandal, Krishna District pursuant to the auction notice dated 25.12.2008 made in Notice No.478/Q/2007 issued by the 2nd respondent, despite orders from this Hon’ble Court in WPMP.No.37937 of 2008 as arbitrary, illegal, colourable exercise of power, violative of the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the petitioners under Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 2nd respondent not to permit the 3rd respondent to operate the reach.” At the hearing, Sri C.V.R. Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioners, submitted that the Writ Petition has become infructuous. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition as infructuous, WPMP No.10216 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 19 .04.2011 ES