IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 1668 of 2009 Between: G. Ankamma Chowdary, S/o. Radhakrishna Murthy, R/o. 1-769, 10th Line, Padaripuram, Chilakaluripet, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. byits Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce (Mines) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director Of Mines & Geology, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 The Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Prakasam District, Ongole. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction, more partiuclarly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the Respondents in considering and in passing orders on the petitioner's Application, Dt. 20- 12-2007 for grant of Quarry Lease for 20 Years period, in relation to extraction of Colour Granite in respect of an area of 4.000 Hectares situated in Sy.No. 103 of Konidena Village, Ballikurava Mandal, Prakasam District, as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Arts. 14 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents to consider the Petitioner's Application Dt. 20-12-2007, in accordance with Law and take an appropriate decision on the request for grant of Quarry Lease, as sought for by the Petitioner, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.ROY REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following : ORDER : This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondent in considering and passing orders on the application dated 20.12.2007 filed by him seeking grant of quarry lease for a period of 20 years in relation to extraction of colour granite in respect of an area of 4.000 hectares situated in Survey No.103 of Konidena Village, Ballikurava Mandal, Prakasam District as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India. 2) The only grievance of the petitioner appears to be that he made an application, to the 2nd respondent through the 3rd respondent, dated 30.12.2007 seeking quarry lease for a period of 20 years in respect of the area of 4.000 hectares situated in Survey No.103 of Konidena Village, Ballikurava Mandal, Prakasam District for extraction of colour granite. Though he had complied with all the formalities, the application is not disposed of till date. 3) Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, respondent Nos. 2 and 3 are directed to dispose of the application, purported to have been filed by the petitioner, dated 20.12.2007 seeking grant of quarry lease for exctraction of colour granite in respect of an area of 4.000 hectares situated in Survey No.103 of Konidena Village, Ballikurava Mandal, Prakasam District along with all other eligible applications in accordance with law, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the result thereon to the petitioner. 4) Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. ____________ C.V.RAMULU, J FEBRUARY, 3, 2009 KSH/VRN