IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 5783 of 2004 Between: Mr.G.Narsing Rao, S/o G.Sivaiah, APTRANSCO, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. ID.No.1047260. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P.Transco represented by its Chairman & Managing Director, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Managing Director, (HRD, Comml.IPC & Reforms), AP Transco, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 3 The Chief General Manager (HRD & Trg.), A.P.TRANSCO, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 herein particularly that of the 2nd respondent in issuing the proceedings bearing Memo No.CGM (HRD & Trg.) /DS(P)/AS(P)/PO(Adm.I)2/146/2003, dated 29- 12-2003 denying the request of the petitioner for reckoning his integrated seniority on par with DE (Electrical) and implementation of Rule of Reservation in promotions as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the A.P.Electricity Reforms Act, 1998 and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and contrary to Clause-4(b) of the Tripartite Agreement, dated 9th September, 1997, Rule 7 of Electricity Reform (Transfer Scheme) Rules, 1999 and also contrary to the terms of the Circular dated 27-04-2002 and consequently direct the respondents to treat the services of the petitioner on par with the other Divisional Engineers (Elec.) and ﬁx his integrated seniority in the cadre of DE (Elec.) and give him the benefit of Rule of Reservation. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SHARAT KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court, through a letter dated 31-10-2008, to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. __________________ 03rd November, 2008 SKM