HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY W.P.No.3407 of 2009 Date : 24-6-2011 Between : Sri B.Nagendra Varma .. Petitioner and The Joint Collector, ] Vizianagaram -cum-Chairman, DLC, Vizianagaram and another .. Respondents Counsel for petitioners : Sri C.V.R. Rudra Prasad Counsel for respondent No.1 : None appeared Counsel for respondent No.2 : A.G.P. for Mines & Geology The court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief : “….to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not granting permission to conduct quarry operations from the river Gostani at Gopalpally reach of Vizianagaram District despite the recommendations made by all other departments as arbitrary, illegal, failure to exercise power, discriminatory, non-application of mind to the relevant material available on record, violative of A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966, violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents to consider the petitioner’s case… ” At the hearing, Sri C.V.R. Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner stated that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel, interim order dated 20-2-2009 is vacated and W.P.M.P.No.4428 of 2009 is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy Date : 24-6-2011 AM