HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 25599 of 2005 Dated: 22-08-2007 Between: K.Anil Kumar ..... PETIT AND State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep., by its Secretary Panchayat Raj Rural Development Department Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and 3 others. .....RESPOND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 25599 of 2005 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the notification No.2743/2005 P7 dated 14-11-2005 to the extent it relates to Item Nos.2 and 3 whereunder the respondents sought to auction the sand quarry at Chevitikallu and Kothapeta villages, Kanchikacherla Mandal, Krishna District as illegal, unconstitutional and contrary to Andhra Pradesh Mining and Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 and Andhra Pradesh Water Land and Trees Act, 2002. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner. However, learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj submitted that since the impugned notification proposed to auction the sand mines for one year and that the period for which the tender was issued expired, the writ petition has become infructuous. In view of the submission of the learned Government Pleader, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date 22-08-2007 KLP