IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.24671 of 2010 BETWEEN K. Venkat Rao. ... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Industries and Commerce Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and two others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. DAMMALAPATI SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE The Court made the following order: ORDER: Petitioner is a lessee under a sand quarry lease under auction notification dated 26.03.2009 over an extent of about 650 acres. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that on account of various other circumstances and disputes, his area of operation of the lease was confined to 125 acres and thereby he was allowed to quarry in the said extent. The lease period, admittedly, has come to an end by 31.03.2011. Petitioner, however, seeks refund of proportionate amount to the extent he was deprived of quarrying the sand except 125 acres. Petitioner had made an application to the Government on 11.06.2010 seeking proportionate reduction of lease amount by confining the lease amount to 125 acres only which were available to him and alleging inaction of the respondents with regard to the said representation, this writ petition is filed. 3. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for respondents, I am unable to see any purpose being served by entertaining this writ petition any further, particularly, as the lease period of the petitioner is already over by 31.03.2011 and the claim of the petitioner for reduction of proportionate lease amount is, in any case, a matter, which cannot be adjudicated under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Hence, giving liberty to the petitioner to move such appropriate forum/Court, as he is advised, for seeking necessary relief for reduction of proportion rentals, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J November 29, 2011 DSK