IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:12986 of 2005 Between: O.Murali, S/o.O.Govindayya, R/o.12/101, Yenamalavari Street, Nellore. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Level Committee for Sand Auctions, Zilla parishad compound, Nellore rep.by its Chairman. 2 The District Panchayat officer, Nelloe -cum- Member Convener, The District level Committee for Sand Auctions, Nellore District. 3 The Damaramamadugu Gram Panchayat, Achireddipalem Mandal, Nellore District. rep.by its Sarpanch. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. P.RAMAKRISHNA FOR MR.S.SRINIVAS REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in taking steps to restrain the villagers of respondent No.3 from obstructing the petitioner to quarry sand on River Penna in pursuance of lease agreement, dated 29.12.2004 as arbitrary and illegal. At the hearing, it is admitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the lease period under lease agreement, dated 29.12.2004 was two years and that the same expired in December, 2006. In view of the same, the writ petition has become infructuous. However, the petitioner’s right to seek damages, if any, for the alleged failure of the respondents to prevent the villagers from obstructing the petitioner from exercising his right to quarry sand under the lease agreement by approaching an appropriate Court of law, is preserved. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP.Nos.16483 of 2005 and 27831 of 2006 filed by the petitioner for interim reliefs are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 3rd JULY, 2008. kvni