IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5372 of 2005 Between: Mohd. Nayeem, S/o. Mohd. Yaseen, ( Beedi Leaves Contractor), R/o. Mancherial, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Divisional Forest Officer, Bhadrachalam North, Badrachalam, Khammam district. 2 The Conservator of Forest, Khammam Circle, District Khammam. 3 The Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, (S.T.C.) Aranya Bhavan, at Hyd. 4 The Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, Bhadrachalam, North Division, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 5 The State of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Forest Dept., Secretariate Bldgs, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6 A.P.Forest Development Corporation, rep. by its- Vice Chairman/Managing Director, at Hyderabad. 7 M/s. V.K. Abdul Jabbar Sahib, Son, No.100 Mark Beedi Manufacturers, Viruthampet, Vellore, tamilnadu State. .....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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus;- i). Declaring the action of the 1st respondent herein passing the order terminating the agreement and forfeiting the security deposit vide Rc.No.2673/2003/B10, Dt. 6.9.2003 as illegal and violative of Principles of natural Justice and consequently to set aside the same; ii) Declare the action of the 2nd respondent in passing the order in appeal vide Rc.No.5314/2003/M3, dt. 9.12.2003, as illegal, and to set aside the same; iii) declare the action of the 3rd respondent in not disposing of the appeal ﬁled by the petitioner herein pending before 3rd respondent vide I.No.1950, dt. 13.1.2004 as illegal; iv) and declare the action of the 4th respondents order dt. 24.9.2003 to the 7th respondent as illegal, highly arbitrary and without power or jurisdiction and consequently to set aside the same; v) direct the Oﬃcial respondents to release the stock in the custody of 7th respondent for utilizing to make beedies; vi) order for refund of security deposit to the petitioner herein; vii) Declare the Clauses and conditions in short sale Notice dt. 6.6.2003 and also the agreement clauses dt. 5.8.2003 pertaining to the resale units are not made in accordance with law and the rules and therefore not applicable and enforceable to the case of resale of terminated units. viii) direct the 3rd respondent herein to furnish the certiﬁed copy of panchanama dt. 13.9.2003 and consequent enquiry report along with the statement of godown incharge and forester concerned recorded by the enquiry oﬃcer, to the petitioner on payment of costs in the interest of justice. and to pass any such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court deems ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner : SRI DAMODAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.5372 of 2005 ORDER: Learned Counsel for the petitioner, Sri Damodar Rao, seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. A letter is also ﬁled in the Registry to that effect. Permission is accorded, and the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. _____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 15.10.2008 vs To 1 The Divisional Forest Officer, Bhadrachalam North, Badrachalam, Khammam district. 2 The Conservator of Forest, Khammam Circle, District Khammam. 3 The Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, (S.T.C.) Aranya Bhavan, at Hyd. 4 The Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, Bhadrachalam, North Division, Bhadrachalam, Khammam District. 5 The Secretary, Forest Dept., State of A.P., Secretariat Bldgs, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6 A.P.Forest Development Corporation, rep. by its- Vice Chairman/Managing Director, at Hyderabad. 7 2CCs to G.P for Forests, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 8 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{JGK}