JUDGMENT :

ABDUL REHIM, J.

1. Since the issues agitated are identical in both these writ appeals and since the appellants in both the cases are the State Government and its officials in the Department of Mining and Geology, both the writ appeals are considered together and disposed of through this common judgment.

2. W.A. No.215/2018 arises out of the judgment in W.P (C) No.32834/2017. The respondent herein approached this court seeking to quash a proceedings issued by the 1st appellant, rejecting his application seeking permission to remove the ordinary sand, for the purpose of construction of a building, for which he had obtained Ext.P1 building permit. When the applications filed by him seeking for issuance of quarrying permit and transit passes were not considered by the 1st appellant, he approached this court on an earlier occasion in a writ petition, W.P (C) No.13289/2017. Through judgment dated 11-04-2017, this court directed the 1st appellant to consider and to pass orders on those applications, after hearing the writ petitioner, within three weeks, taking into consideration of the notifications issued by the Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climatic Changes, Government of