IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND TEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25523 of 2009 Between: Madakam Narsaiah … Petitioner And The Government of A.P., Industries & Commerce (SPIU & SAND) Dept., Hyderabad & another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri A. Sanjeev Kumar Counsel for the respondents: GP for Industries & Commerce This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25523 of 2009 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “… Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the 2nd respondent herein in not issuing way bills to enable the petitioner to conduct the sand quarry operations from Godavari river of Kondaigudem Sand Reach, Manugur Mandal, Khammam District, though the petitioner’s lease is subsisting till 31.03.2010, pursuant to the work order dated 01.07.2008 in proceeding No.916/Q2008, issued by the 2nd respondent and the lease executed in favour of the petitioner on 01.07.2008, as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, colorable exercise of power, violative of the procedure contemplated under the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, violative of Fundamental rights guaranteed to the petitioner under Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to issue waybills to the petitioner without insisting upon payment of the additional seigniorage fee.” At the hearing, Sri A. Sanjeev Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that since the lease period of the petitioner in respect of the sand quarry expired on 31.03.2010, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.33253 of 2009 and WVMP.No.631 of 2010 are disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 28.04.2010 ES