HON'BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT APPEAL No. 60 OF 2007 And WRIT PETITION No. 22387 OF 2006 Writ Appeal No.60 of 2007 Between: Dalit Liberation Front, Rep. by its President Marvadi Sudershan ..... Appellant AND State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Secretary, Department Cooperation, Hyderabad & others .....Respondents Writ Petition No.22387 of 2006 Between: Dalit Liberation Front, Rep. by its President Marvadi Sudershan ..... Petitioner AND State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Secretary, Department Cooperation, Hyderabad & others .....Respondents :: J U D G M E N T :: Counsel for the appellant : Shri K. Ashok Reddy Dated: 31.01.2007 Per G.S.SINGHVI, CJ This appeal is directed against order dated 27.12.2006 passed by the learned Single Judge, whereby he dismissed the writ petition ﬁled by the appellant for grant of a declaration that the action of the respondents in not following the rule of reservation contained in Section 31(1)(b) of the Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1964 (for short ‘the Act’), as amended from time to time, and bye-law 9(3) of the bye- laws of Co-operative Electric Supply Society Limited, Sircilla is illegal. At the hearing, Shri K. Ashok Reddy, learned counsel for the appellant submitted that in view of the developments which have taken place after ﬁling of the writ petition and the appeal, his client may be permitted to withdraw the writ appeal as well as the writ petition with liberty to ﬁle fresh petition for issue of a direction to the State Government to take action in terms of Section 31(1)(b) of the Act. In our opinion, the request made by the learned counsel is reasonable and merits acceptance. Hence, this appeal and Writ Petition No. 22387 of 2006 are dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the appellant to file fresh petition in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to dismissal of the appeal, W.A.M.P.No. 96 of 2007 ﬁled by the appellant for interim relief is also dismissed. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 31.01.2007 ksld - -