IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH: HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No.10049 OF 2009 BETWEEN: Sand Quarry Boatsmen and Fishermen Co-operative Society, Rep. by its President B.Satyanarayana. …. Petitioner AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and Others …. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No.10049 OF 2009 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondents Nos.2 and 4 in not issuing temporary permits for quarrying sand in respect of Package No.11 of Peddapatnam-Appanappalli-Pasalapudi in East Godavari District, inspite of the representation dated 01-05-2009 made by him, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct respondent Nos.2 and 4 to grant temporary permit to the petitioner for quarrying sand in the above reaches. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that its application has not been considered in accordance with law. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that during the pendency of the writ petition, the representation of the petitioner has been considered by the respondents and nothing survives in this writ petition. 4. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________ K.C. BHANU, J September 22, 2009. KTL