IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14759 of 2008 Between: B.K. Vijay Singh, S/o. B.K. Singh, R/o. H.No. Master BIK51, Shakarpur, Delhi. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director (Excise), Rubber Board (Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India) Kottayam, Kerala State 2 The Asst. Director (Excise), Rubber Board (Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India), R/o. H.No. 8-1-109, 2nd Floor, Shivajinagar, Secunderabad - 500 003. 3 The Station House Officer, Police Station, Madnoor, Nizamabad District. .....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 Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not releasing the lorry bearing HR55 D9106 along with the raw rubber of 20 tonnes detained on 8-6-2006 by the respondents as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional being violative of Article 14 and 21 of the constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to release the lorry bearing Vehicle No. HR 55 D9106 with the raw rubber of 20 tonnes forthwith and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.JAGADISH CHANDRA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition has been ﬁled by the petitioner assailing the action of the respondents in not releasing the lorry bearing No. HR55 D9106 along with raw rubber of 20 tonns, which was detained on 8.06.2006. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition reserving the liberty to approach the Criminal Court for interim custody of the vehicle, pending trial of the criminal case. Reserving the said liberty, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. _________________________ (B. Seshasayana Reddy, J.) 28th August, 2008 Js. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Director (Excise), Rubber Board (Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India) Kottayam, Kerala State 2 The Asst. Director (Excise), Rubber Board (Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India), R/o. H.No. 8-1-109, 2nd Floor, Shivajinagar, Secunderabad - 500 003. 3 The Station House Officer, Police Station, Madnoor, Nizamabad District. 4 2 CCs to G.P. for Home, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad.(OUT) 5 2 CD copies.