THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 23687 OF 2011 O R D E R : This Writ Petition has been instituted complaining that the Tahsildar, Pakala Mandal, Chittoor District has not forwarded his report, pursuant to the communication sent up by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Chittoor, dated 02.03.2010 on the application said to have been submitted by the petitioner on the same day for grant of quarry lease, for black granite over an extent of 4 hectares of land situate in Survey No. 1 of Nagamma Agraharam Village, Pakala Mandal, Chittoor District, for a period of 20 years. Pursuant to the order passed by this Court on 06.09.2011, Sri A. Arun Kumar, Tahsildar, Pakala Mandal, Chittoor District is present in the Court today. He submits that he received an application in his office from the writ petitioner on 20.08.2011 and till then, he has not received any communication from the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology on 02.03.2010, as stated by the writ petitioner herein. In fact, he has also caused enquiries in his office and there is no proof of receipt of the letter dated 02.03.2010 from the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology. It is also pointed out that on 06.09.2011, he has furnished his report to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Chittoor as well as to the District Collector, Chittoor and the Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupati for further necessary action in the matter. He pleads that a lenient view of his conduct may be taken in the matter. Hoping that the Tahsildar, Pakala will not give any further scope in future for finding laxity on his part, while in office, I take a lenient view in the entire matter. Based upon the report submitted by the Tahsildar, the District Collector, Chittoor may, if he so chooses, file a report before the Director of Mines and Geology within 30 days. Thereafter, the Director of Mines and Geology shall take an appropriate decision in accordance with law on the application of the petitioner and pass orders thereon, within a maximum period of six weeks and communicate the same to the petitioner. I need to remind the Director of Mines and Geology that while dealing with Writ Petition No. 24464 of 2011 on 07.09.2011, I directed a special condition relating to deposit of Rs.5 lacs for every hectare of land over which quarrying rights are conferred, to be incorporated for the purpose of compulsory afforestation. The same condition shall hold good even in the instant case. With this, the Writ Petition stands disposed of as consented to by the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. No costs. ---------------------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 12th September 2011 ksld