ORDER :

1. The petitioner and the issue involved in both the writ petitions is common. Therefore, they are clubbed together and disposed of together by this common order.

2. The petitioner is one M/s. Balaji Metal and Sand Manufacturer (P) Ltd. has filed W.P. No. 5786 of 2021 assailing the proceedings of the respondent No. 1 i.e. the District Forest Officer, Kamareddy, vide proceedings in showcause notice in Rc. No. 4437/2020/S5, dated 06.01.2021 directing the petitioner to stop the mining activity in the subject land, and consequently, sought for a direction to the respondents to permit the petitioner-company to carry on its business in the quarry lease area in terms of the work order and lease deed, dated 16.02.2016.

3. Subsequently, the very same petitioner-company filed W.P. No. 12395 of 2021 assailing the letter of the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Kamareddy, vide letter No. 2422/QL/2015, dated 31.12.2020, directing the petitioner-company to stop the entire quarrying operations in the quarry lease area.

4. The case of the petitioner-company is that the Deputy Direct