WP/21318/2016 of M/s. Krishna Merchants Private Limited, Vs The State of Andhra Pradesh,

APHC010300952016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3310] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY ,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE K MANMADHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 21318/2016 Between: M/s. Krishna Merchants Private Limited, ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M ANISH SATHYA KAMAL Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. SAMPATH PRABHAKAR REDDY 2. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY (AP) 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 an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the impugned Memo dated 22.06,2016 bearing No.42725/R11/2012 issued by the respondent no.2 as illegal, arbitrary without jurisdiction violative of principles of natural justice and violative of the provisions of the Minor Mineral Development Regulation Act and the Rules framed thereunder and the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules 1966 and to pass.” 2. On an earlier occasion, i.e., on 20.01.2025, there was