IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 24968 of 2007 Between: P. Rajender Reddy S/o.Narasimha Reddy Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. bys its Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Secretariat , Hyderabad. 2 The Director of Mines and Geology, 8th Floor, BRKR Buildings, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 3 The Asst. Director of Mines and Geology, Mahaboobnagar. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 an order or writ one in the nature of writ of Mandmaus declaring Rule 9-X(c) of the A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rlues, 1966 published in A.P.Gazette dt. 12-4-2007 vide G.O.Ms.No. 84, Industries and Commerce (MI) Department, dt.10-4-2007 in so far as it confers powers on the District Level Committee to fix the sale price of the sand and makes the bidder liable to pay seigniorage fee additionally and obtain way bills for the quantity exceeding the proportionate bid amount as illegal, and void and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the interests of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.N.SHOBA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO W.P.No.24968 of 2007 ORDER: Heard Smt. N.Shoba, the learned counsel for the petitioner and also the learned Government Pleader for Industries and Commerce. This writ petition is filed challenging the Rule 9-X (c) of the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 (for short ‘the Act’). It is represented that the question involved especially as to the Rule 9-X (c) of the Act is no longer res-integra in view of the orders passed by this court in W.P.No.20625 of 2007 and batch, dated 14-07-2008. Following the same, the writ petition is allowed. No order as to costs. ________________ B.PRAKASH RAO,J ________________ R.KANTHA RAO,J 14-07-2008 Stp , ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI