IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 3948 of 1999 Between: S.Yaswanta Rao S/o Krishnaiah Badge No.0648, B.H.P.V.Ltd., Residing at Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels Ltd., (Government of India Undertaking), Rep. by its Managing Director, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue an appropriate order direction or a writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring that the order of the respondent in Ref:-HR/4/0648 dt. 21/01/1999 is arbitrary, illegal and unenforceable apart from being violative of Articles 14, 16 and 20 of the Constitution of India and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KOKA RAGHAVA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.P.NAGESWAR SREE The Court made the following : ORDER : The petitioner filed this writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking writ of Mandamus declaring that the order of the respondent in Ref.HR/4/0648, dated 21.01.1999 is arbitrary, illegal and unenforceable. 2. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that despite the letters, the petitioner is not in touch with him and as such he is not aware of the present situation. However, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner opted voluntary retirement scheme and retired from the service. In that view of the matter, this Court is of the view that no further orders need be passed in this writ petition. 3. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is dismissed. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J Dated June 18, 2009 KSH