1 APHC010711122013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION NO: 2818 OF 2013 Between: 1. M/s.Vijaya Granites Exports, rep. by its Managing Partner, T.S.Venkateswara Rao S/o. T. Sivamohan Rao, aged 49 years, 8-3-902/1, Nagarjuna Nagar, Hyderabad. ...Petitioner AND 1. Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Director, Mines & Geology, B.R.K.R. Bhavan, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. 2. Deputy Director, Mines & Geology Department, Guntur-7, Guntur District. 3. Assistant Director, Mines & Geology Department, Pandaripuram, Guntur, Guntur District ...Respondents 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 to issue a Writ in the particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the transit permits to the petitioner for transporting the granites extracted by the petitioner in pursuant to the valid lease even after quashing the prohibitory orders by order dated 26.11.2012 in W.P.No.34224/2012 as 2 arbitrary, illegal, and in violation of the well settled principles of natural justice IA NO: 1 OF 2013 (WPMP 3468 OF 2013 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondents to grant transit permits for transport of granite blocks extracted by the petitioner in pursuant to the valid licence, pending disposal of the above writ petition Counsel for the Petitioner: RAMA RAO GHANTA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following order: 3 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION No.2818 OF 2013 ORDER: The instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking the following main prayer: “to issue a Writ in the particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the transit permits to the petitioner for transporting the granites extracted by the petitioner in pursuant to the valid lease even after quashing the prohibitory orders by order dated 26.11.2012 in W.P.No.34224/2012 as arbitrary, illegal, and in violation of the well settled principles of natural justice and to pass …..” 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, Ms.P.Karishma, learned counsel representing Sri Ghanta Rama Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that in view of subsequent events taken place in the lis, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication and the writ petition becomes infructuous. 3. Recording the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. 4 There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending if any, shall stand closed. ______________________________ MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM, J Date:16.02.2026 Rns 5 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM WRIT PETITION No.2818 of 2013 Date:16.02.2026 Rns