1 Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : 03.07.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010785242016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] FRIDAY, THE 3rd DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO: 10150/2016 Between: 1. M/S VANI GRANITES, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER Y.V. CHOWDARY, S/O PITCHAIAH, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, RIO MAMIDIPALEM VILLAGE, ANAKAPALLI MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE (MINES-I) DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, HYDERABAD. 2. DIRECTOR OF MINES GEOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, HYDERABAD. 3. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MINES GEOLOGY, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. 4. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MINES GEOLOGY, ANAKAPALLI, VISAKHAPATNAM 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 to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in not issuing dispatch permits for the years from 2011-2012 to 2015-2016 against the advance dead rent and not considering the fresh lease application of the Petitioner in terms of the government guidelines issued in Memo No. 2 9911/M.II(1)2012-1 dated 01-11-2012 as wholly illegal, arbitrary, violative of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and contrary to the provisions of Mines Act, 1957 and A.P. Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966 and consequently declare that the petitioner is entitled for issuance of dispatch permits for the above years IA NO: 1 OF 2016(WPMP 12804 OF 2016 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 issue dispatch permits for the years 2011-2012 to 2015-16 against the advance dead rent paid by the petitioner Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. KIRTHI TEJA KONDAVEETI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY (AP) The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA WRIT PETITION NO:10150/2016 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri M. Eswar, learned counsel representing learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the cause in the present Writ Petition does not survive and no further adjudication is necessary in the present Writ Petition. Therefore, the Writ Petition becomes infructuous. Recording the said submission, Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. _______________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 03.07.2026 Vns Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No