THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 17290 OF 2010 Dated: 20-07-2010 Between: M/s. V.S.R Minerals rep., by is Managing Partner, Kuduru Janaki Rami Reddy, S/o Veerabhadra Reddy, aged 45 years, r/o H.No.1/527-A, Janaki Rampet, Guduru, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District and six others ... PETITIONERS AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad and three others ... RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 17290 OF 2010 ORDER: This writ petition is filed with a prayer as under: “………to issue appropriate Writ or order or direction mostly one which is in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 1 & 2 in proposing to allot the land in survey No. 586, 587, 588, 592, 600, 601, 602, 603A, 604, 605, 606, 608, 610, 611, 612, 613, 615, 616, 617, 618, 621, 622A, 624, 625, 626, 627, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 712, 713, 714, 715, 796, 797, 798, 799, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 807 and 808 of Thamminapatnam village, Chillakur Mandal, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District to the A.P.I.I.C Ltd., for industrial purposes without allowing the grant of mining leases to the petitioners as unconstitutional, unjustified arbitrary and unsustainable and pass such other order or others as it may deem fit.” In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, it is stated that all the petitioners have made applications for grant of silica sand mining leases between the period from 2001 to 2004 in various survey numbers of Thamminapatnam Village, Chillakur Mandal, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore District. The petitioners seek to rely upon Memo dated 28-04-2008 issued by the Government through Industries and Commerce Department, wherein it has informed the Director of Mines and Geology about the decision taken by it to develop a port based industrial park, power project of APGENCO, LIDCAP International Leather Project and other industrial projects. In that view of the matter, it gave instructions to him not to grant any fresh leases for mining purposes and also to take steps for cancellation of silica sand mining leases. In this writ petition, it is the grievance of the petitioners that although there is abundant mineral wealth in huge extents of land in various survey numbers in Thamminapatnam Village, Chillakur Mandal, for the purpose of developing port based industrial park, the respondents are taking steps to allot the same to the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (APIIC). Even according to the petitioners, no allotment is yet made in favour of APIIC. Even before any such allotment is made indicating as to what extent of land is to be transferred, based on Memo dated 28- 04-2008, the petitioners cannot seek any directions at this stage in this writ petition by way of mandamus to stop the authorities from allotting the land in favour of APIIC. That apart, mere pendency of the applications filed by them for grant of lease will not confer any right for them. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is devoid of any merit and accordingly, the same is dismissed. No order as to costs. R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 20-07-2010 ks