HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.32362 of 2011 Date: December 13, 2011 Between: B. Srinivas Reddy … Petitioner And 1. The District Level Sand Committee, rep. by its Chairman & Joint Collector, Guntur District & 3 others. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.32362 of 2011 O R D E R: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is limited to the extent of the respondents not permitting the petitioner for laying and strengthening of ramp for the purpose of quarrying sand and obstructing the removal of strangled and damaged vehicles in Reach No.10, Regulagadda, Machavaram Mandal, Guntur District. 3. The petitioner submits that though there are restrictions on the use of machinery for the purpose of quarrying the sand, the ramp which is required to be laid for the purpose of transportation is being obstructed. Reliance is placed upon similar matters considered and disposed of by this Court, which learned Government Pleader accepts that to the limited extent of laying ramp, the matter is covered by the decision of this Court. 4. In view of that, the writ petition is disposed of and there shall be similar order as in W.P.No.12442 of 2010 and W.P. No.12475 of 2010 dated 03rd June 2010 which reads as follows: “In my opinion while the lessees are strictly prohibited from using heavy machinery such as poclainers for excavating sand, at the same time, they shall be permitted to use the machinery required for strengthening of the ramps and also to attend to the vehicles which are either stuck or have failed in the course of transportation of sand either in the riverbed or otherwise. In order to ensure that the machinery is not misused for the purpose of excavation of sand, the petitioners shall intimate in writing to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology concerned giving the details of the work which is required to be attended to and the machinery which is proposed to be used. It is only after giving such intimation that the petitioners can deploy the machinery required only for the purpose of maintenance of ramps and attending to the vehicles which have failed or got stuck. The Assistant Director of Mines and Geology or any other competent authority shall be at liberty to depute any of their subordinates to oversee the proposed work of the lessees. It is made clear that if the lessees use the machinery for the purpose of excavation of sand, the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology/the competent authority is entitled to take action according to law. Subject to the above, the writ petitions are disposed of.” As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P. No.40216 of 2011 shall stand dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J. Date: December 13, 2011. BSB