IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13269 of 1999 Between: S.V.Rama Subba Rao, S/o.Chalapathi Rao, Hindu Pinakini Grameena Bank, Head Office, NELLORE. R/O.Nellore. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chairman, Personnel Department, Pinakini Grameena Bank, Head Office, NELLORE. 2 The General Manager, Pinakini Grameena Bank, Head Office, P.O.No.1, A.K.Nagar, NELLORE-524 004. ....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 Writ, Order or direction particularly a Writ in the nature of MANDAMUS declaring the proceedings Ref. No.10588/IF/PD/98, dated 9.11.1998 of the 2nd respondent as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article-14 & 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to recast/revise the seniority list of Branch Managers of the Respondent-bank and thereby fix the seniority of the Petitioner basing on his rank at the time of recruitment for the post of Branch Manager, and to pass such further or other orders as the Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: Dr.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents.: Mr.ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: Heard both sides. There is no necessity of going into all the details. Learned counsel for the respondent-Bank submits that he had received telephonic instructions from the Bank saying that the petitioner’s grievance was met and he was promoted to the post of Scale-III Officer during the pendency of the Writ Petition and in fact, the petitioner wanted to withdraw the Writ Petition by filing a letter. Recording the said submission, the Writ Petition is closed. 28-3-2008 prk