IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.29061 of 1995 Between: M/S JATEEYA QUARRY WORKERS LABOUR CONTRACT CO-OP. SOCIETY LTD., REP.BY ITS PRESIDENT SRI AYODHYA BALAKRISHNA GUNADALA, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 GOVT.OF A.P, REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF MINES & GEOLOGY, ANDRA PRADESH, HYDERABAD. 2 THE DIRECTOR OF MINES & GEOLOGY, DEPARTEMENT OF MINES & GEOLOGY, ANDHRA PRADESH, HYDERABAD 3 THE ASST. DIRECTOR OF MINES & GEOLOGY, VIJAYAWADA. ....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction declaring the action of respondents in preventing the petitioner society to carry on with the quarrying operations in respect of land - extent Ac.6-47 in Sy.No. 413/A situated at Gunadala (v) Vijayawada (Urban) Mandal, Krishna District, and in not giving temporary permits pursuant to the memo bearing No.34685/k1/94 dt.24/12/1994 of respondents 1 & 2, as arbitrary, illegal, unjust and unsustainable and issue a consequential direction directing the respondents not to interfere with the quarrying operations of petitioner society in respect of said land and continue to give temporary permits to the petitioner society as per memo No.34685/K1/94, dated 24.12.1994. Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.N.SHOBA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the cause in this writ petition does not survive and has become infructuous. Recording the same, the Writ Petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ________________ (N.V. RAMANA, J) Date: 29.10.2004 Nsr To 1 THE SECRETARY, GOVT.OF A.P, DEPARTMENT OF MINES & GEOLOGY, ANDRA PRADESH, HYDERABAD. 2 THE DIRECTOR OF MINES & GEOLOGY, DEPARTEMENT OF MINES & GEOLOGY, ANDHRA PRADESH, HYDERABAD 3 THE ASST. DIRECTOR OF MINES & GEOLOGY, VIJAYAWADA. 4 Two CCs to GP for Industries and Commerce, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (O.U.T) 5 Two CD copies.