THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 11556 OF 2006 Dated 14th June, 2010 Between: Thummala Sharat Babu …Petitioner And The Director of Mines and Geology and two others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Smt N.Shoba Counsel for respondents 1 and 2: G.P for Mines and Geology Counsel for respondent No.3: None appears The Court made the following ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondents 1 and 2 in not considering petitioner’s representation dated 15.12.2005 and proceeding to grant a quarry lease over the petitioner’s patta land in Survey Nos.57 and 58, admeasuring Acs.3.00, situated at Mujahidpuram Revenue Village, Thirumalayapalem Mandal, Khammam District in favour of respondent No.3 as illegal and arbitrary. A perusal of the proceeding sheet shows that no interim order has been granted in favour of the petitioner either to consider his representation or to restrain respondents 1 and 2 from granting lease in favour of respondent No.3. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner is unable to state whether any quarry lease has been granted in favour of respondent No.3. In view of long lapse of time from the time of the filing of the writ petition and in the absence of a restraint order, it is reasonable to presume that respondent No.3 would have been granted a mining lease. In this view of the matter, the cause in the writ petition may not survive for adjudication. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous with liberty to the petitioner to question the lease, if any, granted in favour of respondent No.3. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, WPMP No.14372 of 2006 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 14th June, 2010 vrn