HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No.15976 of 2011 ORDER: Heard Sri T.Kistaiah, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 3, and also the learned Government Pleader for Revenue appearing for respondent Nos.2 and 4 and with the consent of all the counsel, the writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage. 2. This writ petition has been filed to declare the action of the fourth respondent-Tahsildar, Irala Mandal, Chittoor District, in not sending his report along with No Objection Certificate to the third respondent-Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Chittoor on the application dated 15.04.2011 made by the petitioner for grant of quarry lease, as arbitrary and illegal. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that he made an application dated 15.04.2011 to the third respondent- Director of Mines and Geology, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, for grant of quarry lease in Sy.No.785 of Putramaddi Village, Irala Mandal, Chittoor District. On receipt of the said application, the third respondent referred the same to the fourth respondent through letter Rc.No.3640/Q1/2011, dated 15.04.2011 to send his report within 30 days from the date of requisition as per the orders issued by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.181, Industries and Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.05.1998. The grievance of the petitioner is that in spite of a lapse of more than two months since the third respondent sent his requisition, the fourth respondent has not sent his report. Hence the present writ petition. 4. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner placed before this Court a copy of the order dated 28.9.2010 passed by this Court in W.P.No.23363 of 2010, where in identical circumstances, this Court allowed the writ petition directing the Mandal Revenue Officer therein to send his report directly to the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, as envisaged under G.O.Ms.No.181, Industries and Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.05.1998. Learned Government Pleader for Mines and Geology and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue fairly concede to the same. 5. In that view of the matter, this writ petition is allowed directing the fourth respondent-Tahsildar, Irala Mandal, Chittoor District, to send his report directly to the third respondent-Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Chittoor, as per the orders in G.O.Ms.No.181, Industries and Commerce (Mines-I) Department, dated 28.05.1998. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________________ JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA 13th June 2011 DR