APHC010103552019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3504] 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. PRASANTHI 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. THE STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ANDHRA PRADESH, IBRAHIMPATNAM, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 3. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, KURNOOL, KURNOOL DISTRICT . 4. THE 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 2 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. _______________________________ JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM Date: 27.02.2026 GVK 3 88 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION No.4665 of 2019 Date: 27.02.2026 GVK