THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23788 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner was granted quarry lease for building stone and road metal over an extent of 1 Hectare in survey No.15 of Gandigundam Village, Anandapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. The petitioner submitted an application on 30.05.2008 to the ﬁrst respondent with a request to renew the lease. According to the prescribed procedure, before any lease is granted or renewed, the remarks of the local Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer concerned are to be obtained. The grievance of the petitioner is that the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer has not forwarded the remarks so far and on account of the same, the renewal is withheld. He seeks appropriate directions in this regard. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology. With a view to streamline the process of the applications, the Government issued G.O.Ms.No.181, Industries and Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.05.1998. Clause 3 thereof mandates that the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer shall send his report to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, within thirty days from the date of receipt of the application. It is not as if the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer has any role to play in the matter of granting leases. His report would be relevant only to verify whether the land is part of any reserve forest or whether it is needed for any other purpose, if it is a Government land. There does not exist any justiﬁcation for the third respondent to sit over the application for such a long time. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the third respondent to submit his remarks to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology on the application of the petitioner, within two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Thereafter, the ﬁrst respondent shall take necessary steps. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:03.11.2008. kdl