WP/8146/2025 of BHUPATI LANKEWARA RAO Vs THE STATE OF AP

APHC010158272025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3458] (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY ,THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA WRIT PETITION NO: 8146/2025 Between: Bhupati Lankewara Rao ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. B JAYA PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR MINES AND GEOLOGY The Court made the following: ORDER: The writ petition is filed challenging the action of the 3rd respondent in seizing the Tractor bearing No. AP39 UE 3633 and its Trailer No.AP07 TM 6280 belonging to the petitioner, in connection with FIR No.47 of 2025, without following the procedure under the Andhra Pradesh Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1966. 2. Heard Sri B. Jaya Prabhakara Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Sudeepthi Potluri, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Mines 2 and Geology appearing for the respondents. With the consent of both the parties, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner has been using the subject vehic