THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 20447 OF 2007 Dated 15th June, 2010 Between: Paladugu Rajendra …Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh and three others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Mines and Geology The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents more particularly respondents 2 to 4 in seeking to conduct auction for grant of leasehold rights to quarry sand from the Madduru Sand Reach, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District pursuant to the notification No.644/Q/2007 dated 12.09.2007 published in Eenadu Telugu Daily on 13.09.2007 without furnishing the requisite information and details sought by the petitioner through his representation dated 13.09.2007 as arbitrary, illegal, colourable exercise of power, non-application of mind to the relevant issues, application of mind to the irrelevant issues, violative of the provisions of WALTA Act, River Conservancy Act, Gram Panchayat Act and the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 as amended from time to time apart from being violative of the decisions of this Hon’ble Court in respect of grant of leasehold rights to quarry sand, violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to conduct auctions in respect of Madduru Sand Reach until all legal doubts raised by the petitioner are clarified on ground.” At the hearing, Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for consideration. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition as infructuous, interim order dated 27.09.2007 is vacated. WPMP Nos.26441 of 2007, 28692 of 2008 and WVMP No.2975 of 2007 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 15th June, 2010 vrn