IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ELIPE DHARMA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 10396 of 2005 Between: M/s. Sathavahana Ispat Limited, Rep. byits Managing Director, A. Naresh Kumar, S/o. A.S. Rao, aged about 34 Years, Occ: Business, Corporate Office at 505, 5th Floor, Block-I, Divyashakti Complex, Ameerpet, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Ministry of Commerce & Mines, Department of Mines, Government of India,. Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Sastry Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Industries & Commerce (M-III) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The Director of Mines & Geology, Department of Mines, B. R.K.R. Bhavan, 8th Floor, Tankbund, Hyderabad. 4 The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Aranya Bhavan, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. .....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 more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the in-action of the 1st respondent in not granting interim orders on the application filed by the Petitioner along with the revision application on 7-3-2005 seeking direction not to grant mining lease to any Third Parties, over the area at Ac.37-45 hectors at Anantharangammakonda, Siddapuram (V), Raidurga (M), Ananthapur District, applied for mining lease by the Petitioner during the pendency of the Revision Petition, as illegal, unjust, arbitrary and contrary to the Provisions of mineral concession Rules 1960, besides being violative principles of Doctrine of equities and consequentially to direct the respondent Nos. 2 & 3 herein not to grant mining lease to any third parties over the subject land applied for mining lease by the Petitioner and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.SANKARAYYA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following : ORDER:- Sri Y. Radhakrishna Murthy, appearing on behalf of the learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that this writ petition may be closed as no further orders are required in view of the orders passed by first respondent. Accordingly, recording the above, this writ petition is closed. 8—6—2005. Stv/- To 1 Ministry of Commerce & Mines, Department of Mines, Government of India,. Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Sastry Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Industries & Commerce (M-III) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The Director of Mines & Geology, Department of Mines, B. R.K.R. Bhavan, 8th Floor, Tankbund, Hyderabad. 4 The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Aranya Bhavan, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 5. 2 C.Cs to the Govt. Pleader for Mnes and Geology, High Court of A.P.Hyd. 6. 2 C.D. copies.