IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 616 of 2004 (M/B) Sri D.S. Mehta S/o Sri Hyat Singh Mehta, R/o Spring Field Compound, Mallital, Nainital. ……... Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttaranchal through Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Secretariat, Dehradun. 2. Commissioner, Food & Civil Supplies, Uttaranchal, Dehradun. 3. Regional Food Controller, Kumaun Region, Haldwani, Nainital. 4. Deputy Regional Marketing Officer, Rudrapur. 5. Sri N.K. Sharma, Senior Marketing Inspector, Bajpur, District Udham Singh Nagar. …….. Respondents Mr. Anurag Bisaria, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. U.P.S. Negi, Addl. Advocate General for respondents Nos. 1 to 4. Mr. P.S. Bisht, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate for respondent No. 5. JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble J.C.S. Rawat, J. RAJEEV GUPTA, C. J. (Oral) Mr. Anurag Bisaria, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. U.P.S. Negi, Addl. Advocate General for respondents Nos. 1 to 4. Mr. P.S. Bisht, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Rakesh Thapliyal, Advocate for respondent No. 5. 2. Mr. Anurag Bisaria, the learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition filed by petitioner D.S. Mehta as ‘Public Interest Litigation’. 3. Permission granted. 4. The writ petition, therefore, is dismissed as withdrawn. 5. The amount of Rs. 15,000/- deposited by the petitioner in compliance of the order dated 20.11.2004 be refunded to the petitioner. (J.C.S. Rawat, J.) (Rajeev Gupta, C. J.) 01.08.2006 01.08.2006 G