THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR W.P.No.34535 of 2024

O R D E R:

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Mines & Geology appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 4, and perused the record.

2. By the present Writ Petition, the petitioners assail the action of the 1^st respondent in dismissing the revision filed by the petitioner under Rule 35A of the Telangana Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 (for short ‘APMMC Rules’), vide order, dt.16.10.2024, as being illegal, arbitrary, and without jurisdiction and violative of provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (for short ‘the Act, 1957’).

3. Briefly stated the case of the petitioner is that it was granted quarry lease for building stones and road metals in an extent of 0.50 Hectors in survey No.10/14B of Babuldoor Village, Ichoda Mandal, Adilabad District, for a period of 15 years w.e.f. 23.12.2006 to 22.12.2021; that the petitioner had sought for renewal of the quarry lease for a period of

20 years by making an application on 06.06.2022; that the aforesaid application is pending consideration.

4. It is the further case of the petitioner that while the application filed by