IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESTY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 22153 of 2007 Between: M.Laxma Reddy S/o.M.Venkata Krishna Reddy Ticket No.1871, Resident of H.No.9-131/1, Pandu Ranganagar, (PR.Nagar) Motinagar Sanathnagar Post, Hyderabad-500018, AP ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of AP., Rep. by its Principal Secretary Revenue Department, AP secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Rep.by its Spl.Offcer /Commissioner, Hyderabad, AP 3 The Special officer and competent Authority, Under AP Urban land Ceiling, Hyderabad, AP 4 M/s.ECE Industries Ltd (meter Division), Ashok Nagar Sanathnagar, Hyderabad-500018, AP rep.by its Deputy Chief Executive S.C.Agarwal, S/o.Late H.C.Agarwal 5 Janapriya Engineers Syndicate Limited, rep.by its Chairman and Managing Director, K.Ravinder Reddy R/o.H.No.3-6-115/A, Himayathnagar Hyderabad, AP ..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 of mandamus declaring the actions of respondents 4th and 5th are violative of Art.14 and 21 of the Constitution of india and also violative of the provisions of the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act,1976 and rules thereunder and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 3 herein to take over the possession of the land in Sy.Nos.74,75,and 76 admeasuring in an area of 56,730,57 sq.mtrs meant for the quarters of the workmen of the company situated at Fathenagar, Balanagar Mandal, Hyderabad, AP which is in excess of the ULC Act, 1976 and directed the same to distribute to the workmen of the 4th respondents company by way of open plots or construct the accommodation and allot to the workers of the company towards the objective benefit and welfare of the workers of the company in the interest of justice and to conclude the long promised obligation of the 4th respondent towards their workers as a welfare measure and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MRL.V.UMA MAHESHWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents.: GP for Revenue for R.1 & R.2 Mr.P.Venugopal for R.4 Mr.R.Ramachander Reddy for R.2 Mr.D.V.Sitarama Murty for R.5 The Court made the following : ORDER: Although interlocutory application is listed for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition. Accordingly, permission is granted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Consequently, the interim order granted by this Court on 25.10.2007 stands vacated. No costs. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.5.3.2008 msv