IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 14580 of 2008 Between: T.Raja Rajeshwar Rao S/o.T.Munnuswamy R/o. 91 Adarsh Nagar, Hyderabad - 500 463. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Union of India, rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, New Delhi - 110 011. 2 The Chief of Army Staff, Army Headquarters, New Delhi - 110 011. 3 The Military Secretary, (MS8C), Army HQ, New Delhi - 110 011. 4 The CDA (Officers) Golibar Maidan, PUNE-1 (Maharashtra) 5 The P C D A (Pensions) Draupadi Ghat, Allahabad (UP). .....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 direction, orders or a Writ; more appropriately one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus directing/declaring the action of the respondents herein "Declare the action of Respondent Army Authorities of not granting service pension to the petitioner herein while compulsorily retiring the petitioner from service by the operation of Army Rule 16-A despite his having completed 15 years of reckonable/pensionable service as being contrary to petitioners right to legitimate expectation to earn pension and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and therefore ULTRA VIRES" and pass such other direction, order or orders that may be deemed to be just and proper in the circumstances of the case and also in the interest of justice by this Hon'ble Court. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.VISHAL SAXENA Counsel for the Respondents: MR.S.S.VARMA (ADDL CGSC) The Court made the following ORDER: Sri Vishal Saxena, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks, permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:22.07.2008 kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KURR}