THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 23168 OF 2011 O R D E R : This Writ Petition has been instituted seeking a writ of mandamus for declaring the action of the 5th respondent in not granting ‘No Objection Certificate’ to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Chittoor, with whom the writ petitioner appears to have lodged an application for grant of quarry lease over land of an extent of 2 hectares in Survey No. 40 of Katikapalli Village, S.R. Puram Mandal, Chittoor District, for a period of 20 years, on 17.05.2010, as arbitrary and illegal. The Assistant Director of Mines and Geology appears to have sent up one copy of the said application to the Tahsildar, for the purpose of consideration, as is required in terms of the policy decision announced by the State through their G.O.Ms.No. 181 Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.05.1998. On 17.08.2011, the learned Government Pleader took notice in the matter, and today, the learned Government Pleader for Revenue has produced before me a copy of the FAX message received by him from the Tahsildar, S.R. Puram Mandal, Chittoor District, wherein the Tahsildar has informed the learned Government Pleader that he has undertaken personal inspection of the land over which the quarry lease has been sought for and that his inspection has found that there were agricultural lands there around and that there is also a tank adjoining to the land in question and that the local gram panchayat has not passed any resolution for granting the necessary quarry lease over the land and further, the villagers have also represented against any such grant. Taking all these factors into account, the Tahsildar is stated to have rejected to grant the ‘No Objection Certificate’, through his proceedings B/149/2011, on 30.07.2011. It is therefore, not possible to grant the relief prayed for in this Writ Petition. It is open to the writ petitioner to work out his remedies in accordance with law. Hence, this Writ Petition is dismissed at the admission stage, duly taking on record the instructions received by the learned Government Pleader for Revenue through FAX. No costs. ---------------------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 29th August 2011 ksld