IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION NO : 18019 of 2001 Between: Chennupati Usha Rani, w/o.Ch.Suresh Kumar, Corporator, r/o.H.No.59-5-12/2, Near I.T.I.Bus Stop, Ashok Nagar, Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONER AND 1)The District Collector, Krishna district, Machilipatnam. 2)The Chairperson, District Level Committee, Krishna dist. 3)The Assistant Director, Mines and Geology, Vijayawada, Krishna dist. 4)Kudaravalli Venkata Krishna Murthy, s/o.Venkateswar Rao, r/o.Bharathi Nagar, Vijayawada. 5)B.Durga Rao, s/o.Narasimha Rao, Opp.PWD grounds, Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents granting quarry lease to the fourth respondent without holding auction in proceedings ROC No.366/2001 pts., dated 28.07.2001 as illegal, intentional, malafide, arbitrary and contrary to law and procedure and consequently direct the respondents to hold fresh auction to the quarry. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.V.S.PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: The Advocate General Counsel for the Respondent No.4 : MR.V.R.REDDY KOVVURI For respondent no.5: None appeared. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION No.18019 OF 2001 O R D E R : The learned counsel for the parties say that the petition has been rendered infructuous. The Writ Petition is disposed of as such. --------------------------------- 08.07.2004 tvr/drk 3 Copy to: 1)The District Collector, Krishna district, Machilipatnam. 2)The Assistant Director, Mines and Geology, Vijayawada, Krishna dist. 3)Two CCs to the Advocate General, High Court buildings, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (o.u.t.) 4)Two CD copies.