IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 17147 of 2006 Between: 1 G.V.V. Satyanarayana, S/o G. Bhaktavatsala Rao, VTPS, APGENCO, Ibrahimpatnam, Krishna District 2 C.V. Ramana Rao, S/o late Suryanarayana Murthy, VTPS, APGENCO, Ibrahimpatnam, Krishna District 3 A.S. Balaji, S/o A.V.N. Sarangapani, RTPP, APGENCO, V.V. Reddynagar, Cuddapa District 4 Vijaya Kumar, S/o lachappa, SRBHES, APGENCO, Srisailam, Kurnool District 5 K. Mohan Rao, S/o K. Ramaiah, KTPS (O&M), APGENCO, Paloncha, Khammam District 6 s. Sriranganayakulu, S/o S.V.R. Swamy, Vidyut Soudha, APGENCO, Hyderabad 7 B. Subramanyam, S/o Bolla Setaramayya, VTPS, APGENCO, Ibrahim Patnam, Krishna District 8 T.N.V.L.S.G.S.K. Mohan, S/o T. Nagabhusana Rao, Vidyut Soudha, APGENCO, Hyderabad 9 M. Murali Krishna, S/o Late. M. Pulla Rao, VTPS APGENCO, Ibrahim Patnam, Krishna District 10 P. Venkateswara Rao, S/o Seeta Ramaswamy, Vidyut Soudha, APGENCO, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by Special Chief Secretary, Energy Department, Secretarit Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Ltd., rep by Managing Director, Vidyut Soudha, Khairtabad, Hyderabad. 3 V. Srinivas Rao, S/o Ragava Rao, Vidyut Soudha, APGENCO, Hyderabad 4 K. Bhaskar Rao, S/o K. Nagaiah, KTPS (O&M), APGENCO, Paloncha, Khammam District 5 U. Naga Raju, KTPS-V, APGENCO, Paloncha, Khammam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus and declare the decision contained in G.O. No. 182/CGM(A)/2005 dated 10-08-2005 and Memo No. JS(P)/DS(E)/AS(VNT)/PO.J/CA/655/2005 dated 08-09-2005 seeking to re-designate cost Accountants As Accounts Officers Commencing and declaring their probation retrospectively and to assign them higher seniority in the cadre of Accounts Officers Affecting adversely the conditions of service of existing Accounts Officers as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and without power and consequently to hold that the Cost Accountants are not entitled to become Accounts Officers and pass such order or orders as the Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.NAVEEN RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.KISHORE SAMINENI (SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following ORDER: Sri P.Naveen Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioners, filed a letter, dated 22.07.2008, seeking permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:23.07.2008 kdl