IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 432 of 2007 (S/S) Nirmal Singh S/o late Sri Manjeet Singh R/o Ward No. 1, In front of Gurudwara Gadarpur, District Udham Singh Nagar. . Petitioner ...………… [ Versus 1. State Bank of India through Regional Manager, Uttarakhand, Region Dehradun. 2. Branch Manager, State Bank of India, Branch Gadarpur District Udham Singh Nagar. ...…………. Respondents Mr. Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Ashish Joshi, learned counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to give compassionate appointment to the petitioner in place of his father, who had expired on 24.09.2006. 3) A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondents. In Para 24 of the counter affidavit, it has been 2 stated that the Bank has already paid an amount of Rs. 13,30,295/- towards terminal benefits to the family of the deceased and they are ready to pay further family pension to the bereaved family at the rate of Rs. 7,586/- plus dearness allowance. Apart from this, in Para 25 of the counter affidavit, it has been stated that the Bank is ready to pay ex-gratia lumpsum amount as per the S.B.I. Scheme which has came into force w.e.f. 4th August 2005. In view of the averments made in the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, learned counsel for the petitioner states that he wants to withdraw the writ petition. 4) Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn in view of the averments made in Para 24 and Para 25 of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent State Bank of India. (Misc. Application No. 4576 of 2008 also stands dismissed, accordingly). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) [ Dt. July 25, 2008. H.Negi 3