ORDER :

W.P. No.3708 of 2020 is filed by the petitioner challenging the order of 1st respondent in Memo No.6224/M.1(1)/2018 dated 02.01.2020 dismissing the revision application of the petitioner and upholding the lease determination order in D.Dis.7082/R5-1/2014 dated 23.03.2017 passed by the Director of Mines & Geology/2ndrespondent.

2. The petitioner’s case succinctly is thus:

(a) The Quartz lease over an extent of 35.101 Hect. in Sy.No.2117 of Taluparal Village, Pileru Mandal, Chittoor District originally stood in the name of Annam Reddy Udhika Priya, legal heir of late A.Kishore Kumar Reddy for a period of 20 years upto 28.05.2021. Subsequently vide G.O.Ms.No.40, Industries and Commerce Department, dated 24.04.2010, the State Government has transferred the lease for the unexpired period in favour of the petitioner and the petitioner has been conducting mining operations thereon.

(b) While so, the petitioner fell sick and besides, some family disputes arose. Therefore, he was constrained to go to his place Chennai for treatment and subsequently returned and approached 3rd respondent for payment of dead rent when he was informed that his mining lease was determined by 2nd respondent