HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA W.P. No. 18363 of 2011 DATED:01.07.2011 Between: K. Ramana .. Petitioner and another And The Assistant Director of Mines and Geology and another .. Respondents O R D E R:- This writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondents in seizing the vehicles bearing Nos. AP31 TW 7689 and AP05V 8969 belonging to the petitioners. When the matter is taken up, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that in similar circumstances, this Court disposed of W.P. No.29236 of 2010 on 23.11.2010, directing the respondents- authorities to release the seized vehicle, subject to the petitioner therein producing the receipt showing payment of penalty amount along with the ownership documents. A copy of the said order is placed on record. The learned counsel for the petitioners prays for disposal of this writ petition also with the same directions, for which, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, appearing for the respondents, reported no objection. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to release the vehicles bearing Nos. AP31 TW 7689 and AP05V 8969 to the petitioners, subject to their producing the official receipt showing payment of penalty amount as contemplated under the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, framed under the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, along with the ownership documents. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA,J 01.07.2011 bcj