1 BEFORE THE EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL OF MINING PROJECTS (NON-COAL) MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS

AFFIDAVIT I, P.Babu Prasada Reddy, S/o. P.Ramakrishna Reddy, Aged 52 years, R/o. 28-1383/3, New Balaji Colony, Chittoor, Chittoor District do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows: 1. I am the deponent herein as such I am well acquainted with the

facts of the case. 2. I submit that we have been granted lease for quarrying black

granite over an extent of 5 hectares in Paradarami Range Forest of Chittoor District in the name of our company M/s. Shiva Granites. The lease has been granted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh under Government Order dated 03-10-2008. The Forest Department has also diverted the said extent of land for the purpose of quarrying. The Department of Mines & Geology has also executed a lease granting the area for the purpose of quarrying for a period of 20 years i.e. from the year 2011 to 02-10-2031. 3. I submit that we have obtained required permission and

necessary sanctions from all the concerned departments. In fact, we have been paying the dead rent for the area without even commencing the production. I submit that the grant of quarrying lease made in our favour, has been challenged before the Honble High Court of Andhra Pradesh in W.P.No. 26459 of 2008 and W.P.No. 6805 of 2009 by the rival parties. In the said case there is no interim order passed either staying the order of grant or prohibiting us from commencing the

2 quarrying operations. Besides, the Pollution Control Board is not made a party in any of these proceedings. 4. I submit that I authorized Mr. Srideep Reddy to submit certain

details and clarifications sought by the concerned authorities, the said authorized person of the firm who appeared on behalf of the firm in my absence who is not conversant with day to day affairs of the firm inadvertently has reported that there are no cases pending before the Court. I further submit that the said statement is made on account of oversight coupled with paucity of time due to which he was not able to to know the entire facts of the issue thus the said mistake has crept in, which is neither intentional nor wanton while apprising the details whether any cases are pending or not before any Court with regard to grant of lease. It is apt to state herein that the petitioners in the said W.P. No. 26459 of 2008 and W.P.No. 6805 of 2009 sought for interim direction. The interim directions sought for are reproduced hereunder. Honble Court may be pleased to stay all further proceedings in pursuance of the impugned order of the first respondent bearing Rc.No. 33401/2003/F-2 dated 27-09-2008 pending disposal of the Writ Petition and Honble Court may be pleased to suspend the G.O.Ms. No. 120 dated 03-10-2008 issued by the 1st respondent, pending disposal of the Writ Petition It is respectfully submitted that the Honble High Court of Andhra Pradesh was not inclined to grant the same as such there is no legal impediment. I further submit that apart from the above referred writ petitions there are no other proceedings either filed or pending in

3 respect of the area of grant of lease to me in any of the Honble Courts. I submit that all the concerned departments have already granted statutory clearance to start the operations. All the necessary steps have been taken to conduct quarrying operations without causing any pollution. While matter stood thus, while the process of permission of quarry lease was on the verge of finalization, subject to the permission of this authority which is the final one. At this juncture postponing the process of project by this Honble Authority may not be warranted since the information submitted with regard to pendency of cases is by virtue of bonafide mistake committed by my authorized person. The said information given is imperceptible and may not have any direct bearing to hamper the process of project solely basing upon the information with regard to pendency of cases instead the authority could continue the ongoing process for pollution clearance since the Honble High Court has not granted any interim orders. 5. I also submit that we have invested huge amount i.e. Rs.

45,90,000/- (Rupees Forty Five Lakhs Ninety Thousand only) for Net Present Value (NPV); Rs. 4,00,000/- (Rupees Four Lakhs only) for compensatory afforestation; Rs. 4,80,000/- (Rupees Four Lakhs Eight Thousand only) for fencing, protection and regeneration and raising and maintenance of enrichment plantation in lieu of safety zone. We have obtained stage-II clearance from the Government. We were issued execution proceedings for quarrying from the department of Mines and Geology. We have paid dead rent of Rs. 2,75,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Seventy Five Thousand only) and we have furnished security deposit postal passbook for Rs. 2,75,000/- (Rupees Two lakhs Seventy Five Thousand only) and we have complied other conditions

4 stipulated by the concerned authorities. Even now we are paying dead rent though we are not yet carrying production activity. Therefore it is humbly requested to kindly consider the contents of the affidavit and grant the consent/clearance to commence quarrying operations in the area over an extent of 5 hectares in Paradarami Range Forest of Chittoor District to us forthwith and firm will abide with the conditions imposed by this Honble Authority. Sworn and signed before me on this The day of June, 2013 at

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