Cheemala Sarala v. Union Of India, Represented By Its Secretary,

HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE DILIP B. BHOSALE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE S.V. BHATT WRIT PETITION Nos. 5276, 5561 & 8440 OF 2015 Date: 16.06.2015 W.P.No.5276 of 2015 Between:

Pendekatla Yakaiah & others ... Petitioners And Union of India, rep., by its Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department), New Delhi & others.

... Respondents

HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE DILIP B. BHOSALE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE S.V. BHATT WRIT PETITION Nos. 5276, 5561 & 8440 OF 2015

PC: (per the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale) Heard learned counsel for the petitioners.

The instant writ petitions challenge the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance No.3 of promulgated on 12.01.2015 being illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable, unjust and unconstitutional and prayed for setting it aside. After filing of these writ petitions, we are informed by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the Ordinance has been approved and made an Act and it has already come into force being Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015, and in view thereof, he submits that the instant writ petitions have rendered infructuous. He also submits that the present petitioners have filed independent writ petitions challenging the provisions of the Act.

In the circumstances, these writ petitions are disposed of as infructuous. Miscellaneous petitions, if any, also stand disposed of. _________________________ DILIP B. BHOSALE, ACJ ________________________ S.V. BHATT, J Date: 16.06.2015 ES