IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 20095 of 2003 Between: 1 Mutala Dastagiri Saheb, S/o Pearu Saheb RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 2 Vasanta Ramalinga Reddy s/o Chinnappa Reddy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 3 Shaik Chand Basha s/o Sab Jan Saheb RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 4 Mankena Prasad s/o Narayana RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 5 Bukki Vastrama Naik s/o Ramachandra Naik RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 6 Guditi Chandra Sekhar s/o Venkataramana RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 7 Konduri Ramachandra Raju s/o Rama Raju RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 8 Talapal Lakshminarayana s/o Venkatesu RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 9 Pakala Venkata Chalapathi s/o Ramaiah RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 10 Poreddy Rajagopal Reddy s/o Narayana Reddy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 11 Ankam Chinnapa Reddy s/o Narayana Reddy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 12 Revanuru Adinarayana s/o Subbanna RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 13 Tummaluri Sidda Reddy s/o Veenasubba Reddy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 14 Cudapa Venkataramana s/o Subbanna RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 15 Kalluri Mal Reddy s/o Rami Reddy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 16 Shaik Moulana s/o Syed Saheb RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 17 Madduri Nagaraju s/o Pullaiah RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 18 Annajala Siva Sankar Prasad s/o Krishna Murthy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 19 Kanchukuri Nagaraja s/o Venkataswamy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 20 Rapur Govindarajulu Niranjan Kumar s/o R.M.Govindarajulu RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 21 Padiralavari Nagaraju s/o Krishnamurthy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 22 Shaik Ameenpeer Saheb s/o Peeran Saheb RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 23 Jala Prasad s/o Bassaiah RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 24 Maligi Takdeer Basha s/o Moulali Saheb RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 25 Mude Jaranna Naik s/o Venkata Naik RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 26 Nachgar Azeejulla Saheb s/o Madar Saheb RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 27 P.Krishnaleela s/o Ganganna RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 28 Yanakalava Jayasankar Reddy s/o Chinna Reddy RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 29 Khatap Jamrud Basha s/o Abdul Jabbar RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 30 Shaik Lieque Ahmed s/o Basheer Ahmed., RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 31 Marripati Ramakka w/o Venkatesu RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 32 Renuka w/o Ramachandra RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. 33 Vijayamma w/o Swamy Konda RESCO., Rayachoty Limited., Rayachoty., Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Public Enterprises Dept., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Public Enterprises Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 4 The Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Ltd., rep. by its Managing Director. D.No.19-03-13 (M)., Upstairs, Renigunta Road, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 5 The RESCO Ltd., Rayachoty, rep., by its Liquidator Rayachoty Rural Electrical Cooperative Society Ltd., Rayachoty., Kadapa 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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring (1) the action of the 4th respondent in not absorbing the petitioners into its service as unreasonable and arbitrary apart from being discrimination, thus violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to the petitioners under Article 14, 16(1) and 21 of the Constitution of India (2) to declare the action of the 5th respondent in instating upon submitting options for Voluntary Retirement and threatening to terminate our services with one month notice or one month salary as arbitrary, illegal, high hand and issue a consequential direction directing the 4th respondent to absorb the petitioners into its service Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.R.REDDY KOVVURI Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: The learned Counsel for the petitioners filed a letter dated 12-07-2004 to the effect that the petitioners addressed a letter to him to withdraw the writ petition. Recording the same the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. The interim order passed in W.P.M.P. No.25183 of 2003 dated 22-9-2003 stands dissolved. No costs. __________ 15-07-2004 es/pvks ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Public Enterprises Dept., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Public Enterprises Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 4 The Managing Director, Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh, D.No.19-03-13 (M), Upstairs, Renigunta Road, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 5. 2 CCs to 6. 2 CD copies