IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION NO : 17057 of 2007 Between: Balamukund Gupta S/o.Late Jaya Dayalji R/o.4-1-826/4,Victoria Chambers, J.N.Road Abids,Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 M/s.Bharat Petroleum Corporation limited, (A Governemnt of India Undertaking), rep.by its Legal Manager, No.7, Kodambakkam, Chennai,State of TamilNadu 2 Government of India., rep.by Secretary,Ministry of Petroleum, New Delhi 3 Government of India., rep.by its Secretary,Law and Legislative Affairs, New Delhi 4 M/s.Union Service Station, a petrol Bunk of M/s.Bharat Petroleum corporation limited, Bahadurpura, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 of mandamus or any other appropriate writ declaring that the action of the 1st respondent corporation in offering to pay a rent of Rs.2500/- per month towards the enjoyment of an area of 16978 sft.at Bahadurpura, for running the 4th respondent petrol bund, without payment of the fair and market rental value for the said property to the petitioner from the year 1993 to 2023 as arbitrary, and illegal, if necessary by declaring that section 5(2) of the Burma Shell (Acquisition of undertakings in India), Act 1976 (Central Act.2 of 1976) is unconstitutional in so far as it relates to renewal of lease on the same terms and conditions as was held by Burma Shell company and consequently direct the 1st respondent corporation to pay all that marks rent to the petitioner from 1993 to 2023 and grant such other relief as it deems fit in the circumstances of the case Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No. 17057 of 2007 ORDER: (Per the Hon’ble Mr. Justice B. Prakash Rao) Learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vedula Venkataramana, filed a letter dated 03-03-2008, seeking permission of the 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 Permission is accorded, and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.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. ___________________ B. PRAKASH RAO, J. ___________________ P.S. NARAYANA, J. Dt.05-03-2008. KO To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK}