IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 11865 of 1998 Between: Vemula Veladri S/o Saidulu R/o Piduguralla Village, & Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director of Mines and Geology, A.P. B.R.K.R. Buildings Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad 2 The Deputy Director of Mines & Geology, Guntur 3 The Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Guntur .....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 an order or direction more in the Nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents, to issue dispatch permits in respect of Lime Stone quarried in the petitioner's leased area that is to an extent of Ac.2.88 cents in Survey Nos.85/1, and 85/3 of Mallavolu Village, Machavaram Mandal, Guntur District after collecting the dead rent or seigniorage fee at Rs.25/- per tone as per Rule-10 read with Schedule-I of A.P. Minor Mineral (Concession) Rules, 1966, by holding that the insistence of payment of Rs.32/- per tonne for the said mineral by the respondents from the petitioner is illegal, arbitrary, void ab initio and contrary to the A.P. Minor Mineral (Consession) Rules, 1966. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.SURYA KARAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE The Court made the following : ORDER: It is submitted by the learned Counsel for the petitioner that the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the above submission, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs. ______________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 11-03-2005 Svv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Director of Mines and Geology, A.P. B.R.K.R. Buildings Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad 2 The Deputy Director of Mines & Geology, Guntur 3 The Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Guntur 4 Two CCs. to the Government Pleader for Industries and Commerce, High Court Buildings, A.P., Hyderabad (OUT). 5 Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ESWAR}