IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.29036 of 2008 Between: K.Venugopal and others. ..... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. and others. .....RESPONDENT(S) ORDER : The Writ Petition is filed by the petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 5 to 10 in trespassing into their lands in an extent of Ac.16-99 in S.Nos.235/1A, 235/1B, 235/2, 233/2, 237/1A, 233/3A, 237/1B, 236/1B, 233/3B, 236/1A and 233/4 of Thottembedu village, Chittoor District and removing more than 680 mango trees, sapota trees and other sandal wood, teak wood, red sandal, coconut trees and other fruit bearing trees and causing damage to a tune of Rs.98,00,000/- is illegal and consequently direct all respondents to pay damages of Rs.98,00,000/- for removing standing trees in the lands of the petitioners and also for causing mental agony to the petitioners by directing respondents not to dispossess the petitioners from their respective lands. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission, on instructions, of this Court for withdrawal of the writ petition to enable the petitioner to work out his remedies as available under law before the Civil Court. 3. Permission to withdraw the writ petition is accorded. 4. The writ petition, accordingly, dismissed as withdrawan subject to the above observations. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J August 03, 2009 KSH/MD