IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9167 of 1999 Between: G.Chandraiah S/o Roasiah Gruhakalpa, A.P.Housing Board, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Housing Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad-500 022. 2 Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Housing Department, Gruhakalpa, Hyderabad. 3 Sri S.Madava Rao A.P.Housing Board, Vijayawada Circle, 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 or order or directions, particularly, in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent for not considering the case of the petitioner to the post of Superintending Engineer in the existing vacancy as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to law and muchless denying the promotion of the eligible and qualified persons like the petitioner, deviating the rules besides violative of article 14, 16, 21 and 309 of the Constitution of India and further directing the 1st respondent to revert unofficial respondents who are not eligible and qualified to hold the higher posts Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.V.RAJA RAAM Counsel for Respondent No.2: Sri V.C.H. Naidu Counsel for Respondent No.3: MR.A.K.JAYAPRAKASH RAO The Court made the following : ORDER: (per Sri Ghulam Mohammed, J) The petitioner, Sri G. Chandraiah filed letter dated 22-12-2008 in the Registry seeking permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition stating that he is facing departmental proceedings and liberty may be given to him to avail appropriate remedies as per law, if necessity arises. Letter dated 22-12-2008 is made part of the record. Recording the statement of the petitioner in the said letter, permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prayer made. No order as to costs. GHULAM MOHAMMED, J B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J Date: 24-12-2008 ks