APHC010774862012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] THURSDAY,THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 40293/2012 Between: 1. PURUSHOTHAPALLI GRAM PANCHAYAT,, PURSUSHOTHAPALLI, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT,MULLAPUDI PEDA SUBBA RAO S/O.LATE SATYANARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 74 YEARS, R/O PURUSHOTHAPALLI, NIDADAVOLE MANDAL, WEST GODAVARI DIST. ...PETITIONER AND 1. GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR, MINES & GEOLOGY, HYDERABAD. 2. COLLECTOR, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ELURU. 3. DISTRICT LEVEL SAND COMMITTEE, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY MEMBER-CONVERNOR. 4. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, ELURU, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 5. ZILLA PARISHAD, WEST GODAVARI, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ELURU, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 6. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, GODAVARI HEAD WORKS DIVISION, DAVALESHWARAM, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 7. ASSISTANT ENGINEER, VASISTA RIGHT BANK UPPER SECTION, SIDDANTAM, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 2 ...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 to to declare the action of the 1st respondent in excluding the area between km 3,000.to km 3,300 from Pandalaparru reach, West Godavari district with regard to leasing out of right of sand quarrying for the years 2011- 12 and 2012-13 and direct the respondents herein to amend the notification No. 622/Sand/2011 dated 11-3-2011 by including the stretch from km 3,000 to km 3,300 in Pandalaparru reach and release the corresponding share of the petitioner grampanchayt out of the leasehold amount realised from the auction of the sand situated in Pandalaparru reach, West Godavari district for the years 2011-12 and 2012-13 by issuing appropriate writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2012(WPMP 51126 OF 2012 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 release the 1st amount due to the petitioner grampanchayat out of the leasehold amout released from the auction of sand for the year 2011-2012 and also 2012-2013 in so far as Pandalaparru reach is concerned treating Pandalaparru reach as ranging from 3,000 km to 6,700 km, pending disposal of the writ petition IA NO: 1 OF 2013(WPMP 33852 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 amend the cause title by substituting the name of Mullapudi Peda Subba Rao, S/o Late M. Satyanarayana, aged about 74 years as President of the petitioner Grampanchayat in place of Smt. Lakshmi Ratnam, W/o Sri Nehru, aged about 43 years Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M V S SURESH KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR REVENUE 2. GP FOR IRRIGATION COMM AREA DEV 3 3. G ELISHA( SC FOR ZPP/ MPP ANDHRA AREA) 4. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following: 4 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 40293/2012 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has issued no objection vakalat. 2. Heard the learned Government Pleader for the respondents. 3. On the other hand, learned Government Pleader for the respondents submits that the petitioner challenged the sand policy for not granting quarry lease in respect of the area between 3000 km to 3300 km from Pandalaparru reach, West Godavari District for the years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. The grant of sand quarry is for the year 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 and the same was already completed. As such, it cannot be agitated now. Therefore, no cause survives for further adjudication and the Writ Petition becomes infructuous. 4. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel miscellaneous application, pending, if any, shall also stand closed. ________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 05.02.2026 TTPPSS 5 27 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 40293/2012 05.02.2026 TTPPSS