The petitioner was granted lease for quarrying stone and metal over an extent of Acs.12.45 guntas in Survey No. 268 of Bandaraviryala Village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District in 2008. On the ground that the petitioner has not remitted the advance dead rent for the year 2010-11 and also mineral revenue arrears of Rs.2,92,327/- up to 31.03.2010, he was issued the show cause notice dated 29.11.2012, which was acknowledged on 11.12.2012. Since there was no reply therefor, the quarry lease of the petitioner was determined vide proceedings dated 08.01.2013 of the 3rd respondent Deputy Director of Mines & Geology and the security deposit paid by him was forfeited to the government. Against the said proceedings, the petitioner preferred an Appeal pleading that non-payment of dead rent is on account of his not being allowed to carry on the quarry operations and further the Director of Mines & Geology through proceedings dated 16.11.2011 itself had clarified that the “dead rent shall not be payable for such periods when the lessee has no possession (physical or legal as the case may be) over the leased areas”. The Appeal was dismissed by the proceedings dated 27.10.2015 of the 2nd respondent Director of Mines & Geology. The Revision preferred thereagainst was also dismissed by the order dated 20.03.2017 of the 1st respondent government. Hence, the Writ Petition.
