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1. Two practising advocates of this Court have filed this Writ Petition by way of public interest litigation, questioning the legality of the permission accorded by the 7th respondent, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests', Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, to the 11th respondent herein, namely Sri Yerri Naidu (Military Naidu), M.L.A., Chodava-ram, to carry out preliminary experiments, survey-cum-exploitation of the valuable precious stones in the districts right from Visakhapatnam to East Godavari including parts of Srikakulam and Khammam, vide letter Ref. No. 12806/95/F2,dated 19-4-1995 and seeking a direction to the second respondent, the Union of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, represented by its Secretary, New Delhi, to order enquiry through the Central Bureau of Investigation to ascertain the actual quantum of mineral wealth exploited by the 11th respondent and the consequential damage to the reserved forest areas and also to fix up the responsibility on the concerned persons who violated the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, to order for prosecution of the persons for the alleged violation of the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 in accordance with Section 3A of the said Act and further to direct the third respondent herein i.e., the Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Chief Secretary, to initiate appropriate proceedings for recovery of the value of the minerals exploited by the 11th respondent from him as well as appropriate amounts towards the damage caused to the forest areas by virtue of the illegal mining operations conducted by him.