IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION No. 20271 of 2000 Between: Pantham Venkatesh Kumar ..... PETITIONER AND 1. Government of A.P., rep.by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, A.P. 2. Government of A.P., rep.by its Joint Collector (Licensing Authority under the A.P. Cinema (Regulation), Act, 1955, Visakhapatnam. 3. Government of A.P., rep. by its Revenue Divisional Officer, Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam. 4. Namana Rama Murthy 5. Namana Venkayya Naidu 6. Namana Surya Rao 7. Namana Kama Raju 8. Smt.Rajanala Dhana Lakshmi .....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 any appropriate writ, order or direction, preferably a writ in the nature of Certiorari, calling for the records of the first respondent made in G.O.Rt.No.1592 dated 9.10.2000 confirming the order of the second respondent in Proceedings No. (M) D.Dis.No.605/98/C1 dated 8.10.1998 and to quash the said orders as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the A.P.Cinema (Regulation) Act, 1955 and the Rules made thereunder and also being violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently suspend the operation of the order of the second respondent in Proceedings No.(M) D.Dis.No.605/98/C1 dated 8.10.1998 as confirmed by the first respondent and also direct the respondents 4 to 8 herein not to create any third party interest in respect of the Cinema Theatre, namely THEATRE GOWTAM, situated at Payakaraopeta (Village and Mandal), Visakhapatnam. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.V.V.N.NARAYANA RAO Counsel for Respondents 1 to 3 : G.P. FOR HOME Counsel for Respondents 4 to 7 : Mr.K.CHIDAMBARAM Counsel for Respondent No.8 : Mr.M.V.S.SURESH KUMAR The Court made the following : ORDER It is submitted that having regard to the matter being settled outside the Court, the petitioner seeks to withdraw the writ petition. To the said effect, the learned counsel for petitioner addressed a letter dated 7.9.2004 to the Registrar (Judicial) of this Court. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ B.PRAKASH RAO, J Date: 9.9.2004 DA To 1. The Principal Secretary, Government of A.P., Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, A.P. 2. The Joint Collector, Government of A.P., (Licensing Authority under the A.P. Cinema (Regulation), Act, 1955, Visakhapatnam. 3. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Government of A.P., Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam. 4. Two CCs to the G.P. for Home, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 5 Two CD copies.