IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.26519 of 2009 Between: T. Anjaneya Prasad, S/o.T. Kondaiah and another ..... PETITIONERS AND The District Collector, Guntur, Guntur District and others ....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.26519 OF 2009 ORDER: Heard the counsel. 2. Letter No.7166/TP/2009, dated 03.12.2009 addressed by the Assistant Director, Mines and Geology to respondent No.3 is placed before this Court and the said letter reads as hereunder: “Letter No.7166/TP/2009, dated 03.12.2009. Sir, Sub:- MINES & QUARRIES – Temporary permit for Gravel for a quantity of 1500 Cu.m., over an extent of 1.25 acres in Sy.No.242 of Kantheru Village, Tadikonda Mandal, Guntur District- Temporary permit issued – request to stop the quarrying operations with immediate effect – Reg. Ref:- 1. This office T.P. Procs. No.7166/TP/79/2009-10, dt.25.01.2009. 2. Telephonic instructions of the District Collector, Guntur. -:o0o:- The attention of Sri K. Vasantha Rao is invited to the subject and references cited and inform that, this office vide reference 1st cited has issued Temporary permit for extraction of Gravel for a quantity of 1500 Cu.m., over an extent of 1.25 acres in Sy.No.242 of Kantheru Village, Tadikonda Mandal, Guntur District for a period of one month from 25.11.2009 and valid upto 24.12.2009. Through the reference 2nd cited, the Collector & District Magistrate, Guntur has instructed this office over telephone to stop the quarrying operations immediately since various complaints received from the Kantheru Villagers and adjacent pattadars. Hence, the permission accorded vide this office Procs. No.7166/TP/79/2009-10, dt. 25.01.2009 is hereby withdrawn. Therefore, you are hereby directed to stop quarrying operations immediately and to submit the transit forms issued by this office, otherwise, action will be initiated as per A.P.M.M.C. Rules, 1966. Yours faithfully, Sd/- Asst. Director of Mines & Geology, Guntur” 3. The present writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus declaring the action of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in not considering the applications filed by the petitioners and other villagers as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently set aside the Procs.No.7166/79/9p/2009-10, dated 25.11.2009 issued by respondent No.2 and pass such other suitable orders. 4. In the light of the letter placed before this Court, which had been referred to supra, no further orders need to be passed at present in the present writ petition. 5. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is hereby closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ P.S. NARAYANA, J December 04, 2009 MD