IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 25137 of 2007 Between: 1 P.Raji Reddy, S/o. Ram Reddy, R/o.H.No. 2-3-64/10/19, Jaiswal Garden, Amberpet, Hyderabad. 2 Lavanya, S/o. P. Raji Reddy, R/o.H.No. 2-3-64/10/19, Jaiswal Garden, Amberpet, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Adilabad. 3 The Superintendent of Police, Medak at Sangareddy. 4 The Station House Officer, I-Town Police Station, Adilabad. 5 R. Valasina Babu, S/o. Late Mallikarjuna Rao, R/o. H.No. 1-2-135, Shantinagar, Adilabad. 6 R. Prasad Babu, S/o. Valasina Babu, R/o. H.No. 1-2-135, Shantinagar, Adilabad. 7 R. Bujjamma, S/o. Valasina Babu, R/o. H.No. 1-2-135, Shantinagar, Adilabad. 8 R. Mallika Rani, D/o. Valasina Babu, R/o. H.No. 1-2-135, Shantinagar, Adilabad. .....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, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the official respondents in not providing police protection to the lives of the petitioners since there is a threat to their lives in the hands of respondents 5 to 8, as being arbitrary, illegal and unreasonable and equally nonconsideration of the representation dated 22- 11-2007 filed by the petitioners for police protection is highly unreasonable and violative of Article 21 of the constitution of India and issue a consequential direction directing the official respondents to provide police protection to the petitioners so long as there is a threat to their lives Counsel for the Petitioner :MR.D.BHASKAR REDDY Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: Sri D. Bhaskar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. N.V. RAMANA, J 20-01-2009 msv