THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.6469 OF 2010 Dated 23rd March, 2010 Between: K.Arumugam … Petitioner And Government of Andhra Pradesh and two others … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri S.Satyanarayana Prasad Senior Counsel for Kum C.Sindhu Kumari Counsel for the respondents: G.P. for Mines and Geology The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in granting quarry lease in respect of 5 hectares of land in Survey No.95 of Devanpally Village, Bheemgal Mandal, Nizamabad District in pursuance of petitioner’s application dated 25.09.2002 as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri S.Satyanarayana Prasad, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner made his application for grant of quarry lease and on the objections raised by the Forest Department, respondent No.2 issued show cause notice dated 30.09.2004 calling upon the petitioner why his application shall not be rejected. The petitioner is stated to have filed his explanation on 04.02.2005 before respondent No.2. The grievance of the petitioner is that no order has been passed so far. The learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology, on instructions, submitted that the petitioner’s application was rejected on the ground that the area for which the application was made for quarry lease falls in the reserve forest. The learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, however, submitted that his client has not received any such order. In view of these facts, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.2 to communicate a copy of the order rejecting the petitioner’s application for mining lease within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If the petitioner feels aggrieved by the said order, he is entitled to avail appropriate remedy, in accordance with law, to question the said order. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.8344 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 23rd March, 2010 vrn