IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22566 of 2002 Between: V.Nagarajuna S/o Nagappa R/o .Kona Kondla Village , Vajrakarur Mandal Anathapur Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P Rep by its Secretary Industries & Commerce Dept Secretariat , Hyderabad. 2 The Director Mines &Geology BRKR Buildings , 8th Floor TankBund Road ,Hyderabad 3 The Dy.Director Mines &Geology, Ananthapur Ananthapur Dist. 4 The Assistant Director Mines &Geology , Anathapur Anathapur Dist. 5 Government of India rep. by its Secretary, Secularly Street of Mines New Delhi. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.P.VIJAYALAKSHMI FOR SMT. N.SHOBA Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4: AGP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE Counsel for Respondent No.5: NONE APPEARED. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22566 of 2002 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled for a Writ of Certiorari to quash order dated 02.11.2002 of respondent No.3 whereby he rejected the petitioner’s application for renewal of quarry lease in respect of 1-214 Hectares in Sy.No.377 of Konakondla village, Vajrakarur Mandal, Anantapur District. 2. A perusal of the impugned order shows that the request of the petitioner for renewal of quarry lease is rejected on multiple grounds. The necessity of examining correctness or otherwise of these grounds is obviated, in view of the counter aﬃdavit ﬁled by respondent No.4 and the fair concession of the learned counsel for the petitioner. In the counter aﬃdavit, while justifying rejection of the renewal application ﬁled by the petitioner, it is stated in paragraph 9 that after rejecting the renewal of quarry lease application by respondent No.3, the petitioner ﬁled a fresh application on 16.11.2002 for grant of lease over one hectare in Sy.No.373 of Vajrakarur village, which is 500 metres away from Jumbo Dweepa Chakram and Jain Temple, that respondent No.4 conducted survey and inspection on 21.12.2002, and that the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Vajrakarur, issued no objection certiﬁcate and recommended for grant of fresh quarry lease in favour of the petitioner. It is further stated that soon after receipt of grant orders, lease deed will be executed in favour of the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner agreed that in view of the development taken subsequent to passing of the impugned order, the writ petition may be disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to take a decision on the grant of lease in Sy.No.373 of Vajrakarur village. 4. The request of the learned counsel for the petitioner is accepted and the writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to dispose of the petitioner’s application for grant of mining lease in respect of the above mentioned land within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, if not already done. _______________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 24.10.2008 v v