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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

AT AMARAVATI [3504]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY

TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM

WRIT PETITION NO: 4665/2019

Between:

1. P RASANTHI MINERALS, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING

PARTNER SMT, K. PRASANTHI, W/O K, INDRA REDDY, R/O H.NO.3-

12-92/498, 499/101, BRUNDAVAN APARTMENTS, ROAD NO.02, 9TH

CROSS, MANSOORABAD, HYDERABAD - 500 068

...PETITIONER

AND

1. T HE STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY,

INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT

BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.

2. D IRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ANDHRA PRADESH,

IBRAHIMPATNAM, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT.

3. D EPUTY DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF

ANDHRA PRADESH, KURNOOL, KURNOOL DISTRICT .

4. T HE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, KURNOOL,

KURNOOL DISTRICT

...RESPONDENT(S):

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the

circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be

pleased toto issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the

nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the orders of Deputy Director of Mines

and Geology vide Proceedings No.1071/Q1/2013, dated 30-9-2014 (received

by the petitioner on 28.4.2018) determining the lease held by the petitioner

and the action of the Respondent No.1 in not disposing of my revision

petitions, dated 29.5.2018 and 5.3.2019 and trying to create third party

interest over the mining lease held by the petitioner i.e. an extent of 5.194

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hectares in Sy.No.62011 situated at Ulindakonda Village, Kallur Mandal,

Kurnool District without disposing of the above revision petitions is wholly

illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of

India and consequently declare that the petitioner is not liable for

determination of the quarry lease and pass

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. K NARASIMHA RAO

Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY (AP)

2. GP FOR INDUSTRIES COMMERCE (AP)

The court made the following ORDER:-

When the matter is called, Sri K. Narasimha Rao, learned counsel

representing the learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that in view of the

subsequent events occurred in the lis, the cause in the writ petition does not

survive for further adjudication. Accordingly, he submits that the matter has

become infructuous.

2. Recording the above said submissions, the writ petition is dismissed as

infructuous.

There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, all pending

applications shall stand closed.

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JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM

Date: 27.02.2026

GVK

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THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM

WRIT PETITION No.4665 of 2019

Date: 27.02.2026

GVK