HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION No.14073 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner made an application on 25.4.2011 to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Palamneru, Chittoor District, the third respondent herein, for grant of quarry lease of road meal and building stone in an extent of 10.00 acres situated in Survey No. 64 of Vadagandlapalle Village, Shanthipuram Mandal, Chittoor District, who in turn, forwarded the same to the Tahsildar, Shanthipuram Mandal, the 5th respondent herein, for issuance of ‘No Objection Certificate’ with regard to category of land, availability of land, Field Measurement Book Sketch of the area showing the applied area, copy of 10(1) adangal, land assessment, market value of the land etc., vide letter dated 25.4.2011. Alleging that no action has been taken thereon, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in terms of G.O. Ms. No.181, Industries & Commerce (Mines-I) department, dated 28.5.1998, the Tahsildar can directly forward the ‘No Objection Certificate’ to the concerned Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, without routing the same through the Revenue Divisional Officer or the District Collector to save public time. Therefore, he prayed that necessary directions may be issued to the respondents to send the No Objection Certificate directly to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and also the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. Both the learned counsel submitted that in identical circumstances, this Court allowed several writ petitions, one such writ petition, being Writ Petition No. 23363 of 2010, dated 28.9.2010 and this writ petition also can be disposed of in terms of the said order. Considering the said submissions made, while following the order passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 23363 of 2010, dated 28.9.2010, this writ petition is allowed directing the 5th respondent to send the No Objection Certificate/report/recommendation directly to the third respondent, in the light of the instructions issued in G.O. Ms. No. 181, dated 28.5.1998. No costs. ___________________ A. GOPAL REDDY,J DATE: 11th May , 2011 pnb