IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY THURSDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND TEN WRIT PETITION No.5626 of 2010 Between: Mallela Hanumanthu and another. … Petitioners And: Government of Andhra Pradesh, Reptd., by its Secretary, Mines and Geology, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents. Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri K.Durga Prasad. Counsel for the Respondents: GP for Mines & Geology for R.1 to R.4. Assistant Government Pleader for Home for R.5. Sri V.Subrahmanyam for R.6. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in conducting sand mining in Manjeera river from Nizamsagar to Kandakurthi, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner also sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to stop sand quarrying operations in Manjeera river in Nizamabad District. In pursuance of the notices issued, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Mines and Geology, on instructions, submitted that respondents 1 to 4 have not been granting any permits, either regular or temporary, to any person or agency for sand mining in the area in question. She further submitted that even respondent No.6 has not granted such permits. This statement of the learned Assistant Government Pleader is placed on record and the Writ Petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to initiate appropriate legal action against the respondents if they act contrary to the above recorded statement made on their behalf by the learned Assistant Government Pleader. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:01-04-2010 MNR