WP/21536/2024 of M/s SLV Stone Crushers Vs State of Andhra Pradesh

APHC010422262024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3310] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY ,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE K MANMADHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 21536/2024 Between: M/s Slv Stone Crushers ...PETITIONER AND State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. CKR ASSOCIATES Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following Order: The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief: “…..to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of the writ of MANDAMUS declaring the action of the Respondent No.5 herein in seizing the crusher of the Petitioner herein and the minerals and dust from the Sy.No.6/P in Puligilapadu Village, Rapur Mandal, Nellore District and consequently issuing Notice No.6508/Q/2011, dated 19.06.2024 in Form-I purportedly in exercise of the powers under Rule 9(b) of the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Dealer rules 2017 as sheer arbitrary, unjust, without jurisdiction, besides being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(g) and 300-A of the Constit