HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.26677 of 2011 Date: 22.09.2011 Between: Gurram Venkati ..... Petitioner AND: Conservator of Forests, Warangal And three others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Ms.D.Pramada Counsel for the Respondents: AGP for Forests The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in not disposing of the petitioner’s interim application for release of the JCB bearing No.AP 15 AG 5041 as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Ms.D.Pramada, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that against the order, dated 05.09.2011, of respondent No.2 confiscating the petitioner’s JCB, her client has filed a statutory appeal before respondent No.1 on 10.09.2011 and that, along with the appeal, he has filed an application for release of the confiscated JCB. She further stated that the said application has not been disposed of. After hearing the learned Government Pleader for Forests, appearing for the respondents, I am of the view that respondent No.1 is bound to dispose of the petitioner’s application for release of the confiscated JCB, if any filed by him. Accordingly, respondent No.1 is directed to pass appropriate order on the petitioner’s application for release of the confiscated JCB, if any filed by him, within a period of ten days from today. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.32920 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ______________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd September 2011 DR