APHC010009232022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION NO: 848/2022 Between: 1. M/S. RISHI MINERALS AND ORES INDIA (P) LIMITED,, REP. BY ITS DIRECTOR, SANDESH BHUTRA, S/O DINESH CHAND BHUTRA, AGE 34 YEARS, R/O PLOT NO.25, APIIC GOLLAPURAM INDUSTRIAL PARK Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, AMARVATHI 2. THE DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, 5TH AND 6TH FLOORS, SREE ANJANEYA TOWERS, IBRAHIMPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT 3. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, , KADAPA, Y.S.R. KADAPA 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 writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS, declaring the G.O.Ms.No.42, dt.07-06-2021 issued by Respondent No.1 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India r/w The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and consequently set aside the same and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. N SHOBA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY 2 The court made the following ORDER:- When the matter is called, Sri Vijaya Lakshmi, learned counsel representing the learned counsel for the petitioner through virtual mode, submits that in view of the subsequent events taken place in the lis, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication. Accordingly, she 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. _______________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 17.02.2026 GVK 3 51 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION No.848 of 2022 Date: 17.02.2026 GVK