THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION NO.30610 OF 2011 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not disposing off the municipal solid waste in accordance with the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2000 (for short, ‘the Rules’) as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the public health policy. 2. The petitioners are residents of the villages surrounding Jawahar Nagar dumpsite being used by respondent No.2 to dump the municipal solid waste that is generated in the city of Hyderabad. The petitioners are suffering from the pollution emanating from the said dumpsite. As per the Rules, respondent No.2 is required to dispose off the municipal solid waste in a scientific manner so as to minimize the health hazards experienced by the communities living close to the dumpsites and also to improve the quality of environment, but respondent No.2 is dumping the municipal solid waste indiscriminately without following the Rules. Though Lokayukta and the Pollution Control Board issued notices to respondent No.2 in this regard, no action has been initiated by respondent No.2. Hence, the present writ petition. 3. Heard both sides. 4. Admittedly, the Government granted permission to the Municipal Corporation for scavenging and cleaning of the municipal streets to private agency under concessionaire agreement, dated 21.02.2009. In view of the fact that the said agreement is under challenge before this Court in W.P.No.2546 of 2011 and stay was granted, no further steps have been taken by the private agency to whom the contract work was entrusted. Since this Court disposed of W.P.No.2546 of 2011 holding that the agency can carry out the work entrusted to it by virtue of the concessionaire agreement, dated 21.02.2009, the Municipal Corporation is taking effective steps for removal of the municipal solid waste within the limits of the city. Therefore, no further orders are required in view of the disposal of W.P.No.2546 of 2011 challenging the agreement with regard to the transporting and disposing of the municipal solid waste. 5. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _​_____________________ JUSTICE K.C.BHANU 09th December, 2011 AMD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION NO.30610 OF 2011 Date:09.12.2011 AMD