IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 2089 of 2005 Between: Mtr. K. Vara Prasad, S/o Papa Rao, H.No. 34-1-4(147) , Annavarappadu, Ongole, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Panchayat Officer, Member and Convenor, District Level Sand Committee Collectorate Compound, Guntur, Guntur District. 2 The Principal Secretary, Panchayatraj Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in issuing the impugned tender notification for temporary permit vide notice R.C.No. 3771/2004-G2 dated 6-2-2005 and another Tender notice for regular lease vide Notice R.C.No. 675/2005-G2 dated 6-2-2005 for grant of leasehold right of quarrying of sand for one year in Reaches 6 and 7 situated at Kallur and Juvvalapalem villages as arbitrary, void and illegal and thus violative of Fundamental Rights guaranteed to me under Article 14 of the Constitution of India and hit by principle of Promissory Estoppel and set aside the same and issue a consequential direction to the respondents to grant the temporary permits for a period of 60 days and pass such other order or orders as the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.MOHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI W.P.NO.2089 2005 ORAL ORDER It is represented by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication. Accordingly the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ G.ROHINI,J 27TH November,2008 *TSNR