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 : 26132 of 2001 Between: 1 Macha Kasthuri, W/o. Sathyamoorthy. R/o. Kambampadu, Vastavai Mandal, Krishna District.. 2 Vijay Kumar, S/o. Satyamoorthy. R/o. Kambampadu, Vastavai Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Level Committee, Rep. by its Chairperson, Krishna District. 2 The District Panchayat Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 3 The Asst. Director of Mines and Geology, Vijayawada. 4 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna. .....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 order or writ one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in permitting sand quarrying in allurupadu gram panchayat Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna district as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, unconstitutional and call for records and direct the first respondent not to permit sand quarry in Allurupadu Gram panchayat. Counsel for the Petitioners: SMT.N.SHOBA Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE WRIT PETITION No.26132 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 Panchayat Officer, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. 2 The Asst. Director of Mines and Geology, Vijayawada. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Vatsavai Mandal, Krishna. 4 Two CCs to the Advocate General, High Court Buildings, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (o.u.t.). 5. Two CD copies.