IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 14625 of 2004 Between: 1. St.Stephen Educational Society, 3rd floor, VUDA Phase-II Building Sripuram, Visakhapatnam, represented by its Administrtive Officer-Sri V. Subrahmanyam,S/o V.N. Rao, aged 40 years, R/o Visakhapatnam. 2. St.Stephen's College of Pharmacy, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam, Represented by its Administrative Officer-V. Subrahmanyam. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Govt.of A.P.Minority Welfare Dept., rep.by its Prl.Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 Govt. of A.P.Department of Technical Education, rep.by its Prl.Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 Convenor, Admissions for D.Pharmacy 2004-2005, Department of Technical Education Govt. of A.P.Hyd. .....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 a writ, order, direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declarign the action of the 1st respondent in not considering and granting recognition to the 2nd petitioner as a minority educational institution as being illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional apart from being violative of the provisions of the A.P.Education Act, 1982 and the Rules made thereunder the further declare the action of respondents 2 & 3 in purporting to make admissions to the 2nd petitioner institution by treating the same as non minority Institution, even pending consideration of the petitioner's application by the 1st respondent, as being illegal, arbitrary, and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents to grant recognition and treat the 2nd petitioner as a minority educational institution for all purposes including for the purpose of making admissions for the academic year 2004-2005 to the second petitioner College and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: Having regard to the letter dated 20-09-2004 filed by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners seeking permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition, permission is granted to withdraw the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. ___________________ (B.PRAKASH RAO, J) Date: 21-09-2004 ghn/pan To 1. The Principal Secretary, Governmentof A.P. Minority Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2. The Principal Secretary, Government of A.P. Department of Technical Education, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The Convenor, Admissions for D.Pharmacy 2004-2005, Department of Technical Education Govt. of A.P.Hyd. 4 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Education, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad.(O.U.T.) 5 Two CD copies.