IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13141 of 2008 Between: Viswa Bharathi Mahila Vaddera Labour Contract Cooperative society Ltd., (Registration No. TAB 267/2005), #7-4/A/4, Prasanth Hills, Raydurga, Hyderabad, rep by its President Smt. T. Venkatamma W/o Venkatesam. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Industries and Commerce (MII) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. rep by its Secretary, 2.The A.P. Mineral Development Corporation Limited, Pancom Business Centre, 8-3-945, II and III floor, Ameerpet, Hyderabad. 3.The Director of Mines and Geology, BRKR Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 4.M/s. Kanaka Durga waddera Labour Contract Co-op. Society Ltd., Bandaraviryala, Hayathnagar, rep by its President, Sri Pallapu yadaiah. 5.M/s. Susham Vaddera Labour Contract Co-op. Society, Ltd., M.K. Nagar, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 6.M/s. Sri Sai Ram Vaddera Labour Contract Co-op. Soceity Ltd., Kismathpura, Rajendra nagar, R.R. District, rep by Sri V. Venkatesh. 7.M/s. Om Sai Vaddera Labour Contract Co-op Society, Ltd., Indira Nagar, Borabanda, Hyderabad 8.M/s. A.P. Vaddera Sangam, Barkatpura, Hyderabad. 9.M/s. Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Vaddra Labour Contract Co-Op Society Ltd., Sai Baba Nagar, Dammagidua, R.R. District. .....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 a direction, order or Writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in allotting 10% of mining Zone at Sy. No. 268 of Bandaraviryala Village, Hayathngar Mandal, R.R. District, in favour of the Respondent No. 4 to 9 for quarrying operations and excluding the petitioner from such allotment, vide the impugned G.O.Ms. No. 129 dated 23-5-2008, as arbitrary, illegal and discriminatory and issue a consequential direction to the Respondents 1 to 3 to permit the petitioner society also to participate in the said operations along with other societies. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SRI RAM Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following ORDER: THE HON’BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI Writ Petition No.13141 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the first respondent in allotting 10% of mining zone at Survey No.268 of Bandaraviryala village, Hayathnagar Mandal, R.R.District, in favour of the respondents 4 to 9 for quarrying operations, is arbitrary and illegal. Though various grounds have been raised by the petitioner assailing the impugned action of the first respondent including that being women entrepreneur engaged in Local Municipal Contract works, the petitioner is entitled for grant of contracts, I am not inclined to express any opinion on merits since admittedly, the petitioner made a representation on 20.05.2008 which is still pending consideration by the respondents 1 to 3 herein. In the circumstances, I am of the opinion that no further enquiry is necessary in the writ petition at this stage except to direct the respondents 1 to 3 to consider the representation of the petitioner, dated 20.05.2008, and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is needless to mention that in case the petitioner is aggrieved by the decision that may be taken by the respondents 1 to 3, it is open to it to challenge the same by working out appropriate remedy as available under law. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. _______________ 24.06.2008 VGB