IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 14081 of 2008 Between: N.Kumaraiah S/o. Durgaiah Kagaz Nagar, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chairman and Managing Director, Northern Power Distribution Company of A.P., Warangal. 2 The Discom Board , Northern Power Distribution Company of A.P., Ltd., rep. by its Chairman an Managing Director, Corporate Office, Warangal. 3 The Chief General Manager, HRD, NPDCL, Warangal. .....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 in the nature of Mandamus declaring the i mpugned Memo.No. CGM (HRD)/ GM/(S)/AS-III/PO-D/F.No. 3325/2000-5, dated 12.2.2008 and its connected Memo.No. CGM (HRD)/ GM/(S)/AS(DC)/PO-D/F.No. 3325-C/2 K-3, dated 19.12.2002 issued by the Northern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Ltd., Warangal as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution and consequently hold that the petitioner is entitled for promotion to the post of Superintending Engineer on par with his junior with all consequential benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.R.REDDY KOVVURI Counsel for the Respondents: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 14081 of 2008 O R D E R: Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to file fresh writ petition. Permission accorded. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn, giving liberty to the petitioner to ﬁle fresh writ petition, in accordance with law. C.V. RAMULU, J. Date: 24-09-2008 MVB.