IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 20633 of 1995 Between: Smt. P.Vijayalakshmi, W/o. P.Subbarayudu, Poli Vill, Rajampet Mandal, Cuddapah Dt rep.by her Registered General Power of Attorney holder A.Amaranath, S/o. Late A.Ranganadham,aged about 33 years Cuddapah. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Asst. Director of Mines and Geology, (PO&DT), Cuddapah. 2 The Director of Mines and Geology , Hyderabad. 3 The Govt. of AP., rep by its Secretary Industries & Commerce Secretariat Bldg, 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 in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the first respondent in issuing the dispatch permits to the petitioner for the mineral of Quartz and white clay extracted by him over an extent of 29.39 acrs in Survey NO. 1402/P, 1403/P and 1564/P in Poli Village, Rajampet taluk, Cuddapah Dist as illegal, irregular, arbitrary, unjustified , Unwarranted, without jurisdiction, unreasonable and unsustainable by directing the respondents to permit the petitioner to continue to carry on the mining operations for extractions of the above said mineral duly issuing the dispatch permits to him as and when desired by the petitioner and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.VEERA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that since the cause in the petition does not survive, the matter may be dismissed as infructuous. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. _____________ N.V. RAMANA, J Dt.12-10-2004 Kvrk To 1 The Asst. Director of Mines and Geology, (PO&DT), Cuddapah. 2 The Director of Mines and Geology, Hyderabad. 3 The Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Govt. of A.P, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4. Two CCs to GP for Industries & Commerce, High Court Buildings, Hyd.(OUT) 5. Two CD copies. HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P.NO. 20633 OF 1995 12th OCTOBER 2004