IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 26374 of 2007 Between: Ahmed Entesham Kawkab, S/o.Mr.Ahmed Aziz, R/o.Patel Nagar, Amberpet,Hyderabad-500013 ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt.of India, Ministry of Commerce and industry (Department of Commerce) New Delhi, rep. by its Secretary 2 The Govt. of India, Ministry of Information Technology and Communication, New Delhi, Rep.by its Secretary 3 Software Technology Parks of India (An autonomous Society under Govt.of India, Ministry of Communication& Information Technology, Dept of Information Technology), Electronics Niketan,6 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 Rep.by its Director General 4 The Govt. of India, Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT), New Delhi, rep. by its Secretary 5 Mr.E.Manoj Kumar, Director,Soft Ware Technology Parks of India, 6Q 3,6th Floor, CYBER Towers Hitec City, Madhapur,Hyderabad-500033 .....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 or direction more particularly one in the nature of Quo Warranto quashing the setting aside the Notification published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part-II, section-3,sub- section(ii) dt.12-11-2007 issued by the respondent No.1 appointing the 5th respondent as Development Commissioner of Special Economic Zones and permanently restrain him from acting as the Development Commissioner of Special Economic Zones and be pleased to pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.M.MOHIUDDIN Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY Writ Petition No.26374 of 2007 ORDER: Sri D.Prakash Reddy, the learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner, seeks permission to withdraw the Writ Petition reserving liberty to the writ petitioner to challenge the appointment of P.Venu Gopal as Development Commissioner of Special Economic Zones. Hence, reserving the said liberty to the writ petitioner, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. ______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date : 11-02-2009. skmr