THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4814 of 2009 Date:30.06.2011 Between: M/s.The South Indian Mining Company, Kurnool ..... Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Hyderabad and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri J.Ugra Narasimha Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: Assistant Government Pleader for Mines and Geology Counsel for Respondent No.4: Assistant Government Pleader for Forests Counsel for Respondent No.5: Ms.Vijaya Kumari, for Sri Ponnam Ahok Goud, Assistant Solicitor General The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition itself is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to set aside the notice in Rc.No.3003/2002/G3 dated 25.01.2009, whereby respondent No.4 has called upon the petitioner to deposit a sum of Rs.2,40,900/- in favour of adhoc CAMPA for implementing the plan for enriching surrounding areas of cluster of Mines in Mutchukota reserve forest by developing green belt/enrichment plantation. This notice is questioned by the petitioner, who is a lessee of mining area in Mutchukota reserve forest in survey No.300/1/A, only on the ground that on earlier occasions also similar demands were raised and met to the extent of Rs.2,50,000/-. Counter-affidavits have been filed on behalf of the respondents justifying the levy on the ground that it is intended to protect the environment and ecology. In my opinion, the scheme evolved by the Government of India in pursuance of which the impugned demand is made has an avowed object of developing green belt, which is likely to offset the environmental hazard caused on account of mining and protect the ecology and environment. No exception can be taken to such a demand. Therefore, I am not inclined to exercise the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court to set aside such a demand. For the aforementioned reasons, the Writ Petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, interim order dated 06.03.2009 in W.P.M.P.No.6311 of 2009 is vacated and W.P.M.P.No.6311 of 2009 and W.V.M.P.No.2485 of 2009 are dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 30th June, 2011 GHN