IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.29402 of 2010 BETWEEN T. Shanmukh Reddy. ... PETITIONER AND The Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Chittoor and four others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B PURUSHOTHAMA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MINES & GEOLOGY GP FOR HOME M/s. BHARADWAJ ASSOCIATES The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed by an agriculturist, who is a resident of Adavikothur village, Nagari Mandal, Chittoor District, questioning the grant of quarry lease to the fourth respondent in Sy.No.188 of Sathrawada Village, Nagari Mandal, Chittoor District. 2. It is the grievance of the petitioner that in view of the blasting operations undertaken by the fourth respondent for quarry operations in terms of the quarry lease granted by the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, damage is being caused to the houses in the villages of Adavikothur and Gundepalli including his house. Primarily, the petitioner relies on the proceedings initiated under Section 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and an order directing to stop the mining operations passed on 04.11.2010 in M.C.No.24 of 2010 by the Mandal Executive Magistrate, Nagari, in support of his argument that the very order passed by the Mandal Executive Magistrate indicates the impact on the houses due to blasting operations undertaken by the fourth respondent. 3. During the course of hearing, Sri V. Venkataramana, learned senior counsel appearing for the fourth respondent placed on record a copy of the final order dated 23.12.2010 passed in M.C.No.24 of 2010 by the Mandal Executive Magistrate, Nagari, in which the learned Magistrate has recorded a finding that the order dated 04.11.2010 is hereby withdrawn with immediate effect by recording that there is no necessity to stop the blasting operations in the quarry. 4. In the light of the final order passed by the Mandal Executive Magistrate, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks disposal of the writ petition granting liberty to the petitioner to question the order dated 23.12.2010. In view of the above, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed granting liberty to the petitioner, if he is aggrieved, to question the final order dated 23.12.2010 passed in M.C.No.24 of 2010 by the Mandal Executive Magistrate, Nagari. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J February 8, 2011 DSK