HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.24853 of 2011 Date: 14.11.2011 Between: M/s.Jaya Stone Crushers … Petitioner And The State rep. by the Director of Mines & Geology, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and others … Respondents O R D E R: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology appearing for Respondent Nos.1 and 2 and learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for Respondent Nos.3 to 5. 2. The petitioner has applied for grant of quarry lease for Road Metal and Building Stones under his application dated 09.02.2011 in terms of G.O.Ms.No.181 Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.05.1998. An expeditious disposal of such application is regulated by the procedure prescribed under the said G.O. The main grievance of the petitioner is that though the report from the Tahsildar, Chittoor Mandal, is called for by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, the said report is not sent in terms of the G.O. directly to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology within the time prescribed. The learned counsel for the petitioner relied upon similar grievance redressed by order of this Court in Writ Petition No.22568 of 2011 dated 10.08.2011 and requests for a similar direction. 3. In view of the above, the fifth respondent-Tahsildar is required to act in terms of G.O.Ms.No.181, dated 28.05.1998, referred to above, without further loss of time. 4. Learned Government Pleader for Revenue, on instructions, submits that the Tahsildar will act on the application received by him from the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology and forward the report to the District Collector, Chittoor. 5. The mandate of G.O.Ms.No.181, dated 28.05.1998, referred to above, requires the fifth respondent-Tahsildar to send the report directly to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology. 6. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the fifth respondent-Tahsildar to send the report directly to the second respondent-Assistant Director of Mines and Geology in terms of the G.O.Ms.No.181, dated 28.05.1998, within thirty days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ________________________ Vilas V. Afzulpurkar, J Date: 14.11.2011 va