IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA WRIT PETITION NO. 19 OF 2011 MRS. CLOTILDES DE SILVA E BRAGANZA ... Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF GOA, THROUGH ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND13 ORS., ... Respondents Mr. Rohit Bras De Sa, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. V. Rodrigues, Additional Government Advocate for Respondents Nos.1 to 6 & 8 to 11. Mr. A.N.S. Nadkarni, Senior Advocate with Mr. H.D. Naik, advocate for Respondent No.7. Mr. J.E. Coelho Pereira, Senior Advocate with Mr. V. Braganza, Advocate for Respondent No.14. Coram:- S. C. DHARMADHIKARI & F. M. REIS, JJ. Date:- 29th March, 2011 P.C.: During the course of the arguments and when attention of the petitioner was invited to the averments in the petition, which is stated to be filed in public interest and the statement in the affidavit in reply that is filed by the said petitioner in the Writ Petition No.857/2010, the petitioner who is present in Court through her Counsel makes a request that she may be permitted to withdraw the said petition. 2. The petition is filed in public interest. The petitioner has approached the Court with certain stand and that she is espousing public interest namely to preserve a public nalla from encroachment. However, what we find from the petition is that the petitioner is not clear as to whether the same is a public nalla or whether it is a property of the Communidade. Therefore, the petitioner has no business to approach this Court with conflicting pleas, that too in public interest for espousing a public cause. While deprecating and discouraging the stand of the petitioner we allow her, in peculiar facts of this case, and without initiating any further action, to withdraw this petition. The petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. S. C. DHARMADHIKARI, J. F. M. REIS, J. NH