IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.28729 of 2008 Between: Tati Ramulu ..... Petitioner AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Industries and Commerce (Mines) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad and others .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri P.Roy Reddy Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: AGP for Mines & Geology Counsel for respondent No.4: M/s.K.M.J.D.Syamasundari, Addl.SC for Central Government 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 Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in taking steps for rejection of the petitioner's request for grant of mining lease for iron ore over an extent of Ac 11.20 in SY.Nos. 45/57, 45/58, 45/59 and 45/60 situate at Motlatimmapuram Village, Bayyaram Mandal, Khammam District, despite there being no approval from the 4th Respondent under Section 17-A(2) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957, for reserving the area in favour of any Public Sector Undertaking as illegal, arbitrary violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India as also the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, and consequently direct the respondents to process the petitioner's request and grant mining lease as sought for.” At the hearing, Sri P.Roy Reddy, learned Counsel for the petitioner, submitted that the cause of the Writ Petition does not survive for adjudication. Recording the aforesaid submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, interim order, dated 03-02-2008, is vacated and WPMP.No.37602 of 2008, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 29th June, 2011 lur