IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 29021 of 2008 Between: 1 J. Sudershan S/o. Kishan Rao Ranga Reddy District Courts, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. 2 G. Venkat Reddy S/o. G. Kishta Reddy Ranga Reddy District Courts, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. 3 B. Raj Kumar S/o. Eshwaraiah Rajendra Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. 4 R. Om Prakash S/o. Jagannadham Pargi, Ranga Reddy District. 5 V. Punyavathi D/o. V. Serveshwar Rao Ranga Reddy District, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. 6 G. Ramana Reddy S/o. G. Konda Reddy Hayath Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. 7 Gulam Dastagiri S/o. Mahaboob Sab Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy District. 8 S. Sathaiah S/o. S. Dhanaiah Chevella, Ranga Reddy District. 9 R. Gopala Krishna S/o. R. Appala xxx Ranga Reddy District Courts, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. 10 Md. Wajid Ali S/o. Mohamood Ali Kukatpally, Ranga Reddy District. 11 K. Laxmi Narayana S/o. Janardhan Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy District. 12 M. Anitha W/o. Late T. Lakshman Medchal, Ranga Reddy District. 13 M. Hanumantha Reddy S/o. M. Rama Chandra Reddy Ranga Reddy District. 14 P. Satyanarayana S/o. P. Narsaiah Ranga Reddy District. 15 Sale Bin Syed S/o. Syed Bin Sale Ranga Reddy District. 16 V. Murali Babu S/o. V. Chakrapani Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy District. 17 B. Jaya Leela W/o. P. Vadan Manikya Rao Ranga Reddy District. 18 M. Sathi Raju S/o. M. Rama Raju Kukatpally, Ranga Reddy District. 19 G.V.S. Ganesh S/o. G. Raghavulu Kukatpally, Ranga Reddy District. 20 K.C. Mohan Das S/o. N.C. Pillai Ranga Reddy District. 21 Abdul Sattar S/o. Jaffar Kukatpally, Ranga Reddy District. 22 D. Tulasi W/o. Late S. Narsing Rao Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy District. 23 Mohd. Khaja S/o. Md. Ghouse Kukatpally, Ranga Reddy District. 24 D. Vijay Kumar S/o. D. Veera Swamy Ranga Reddy District. 25 G. Chatru S/o. G. Tara Chand Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy District. 26 P. Uma Sunder Reddy S/o. P. Venkata Reddy Rajender Nagar, Ranga Reddy District. 27 K.V.V.S.N. Murthy S/o. K.V.V.S. Suryanarayana Murthy Ranga Reddy District. 28 M. Venkateswara Rao S/o. M. Narsimha Ranga Reddy District. 29 K. Yadaiah S/o. K. Galaiah Pargi, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh (Law Department), Rep. by its Secretary Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The High Court of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Registrar (Administration) Hyderabad. 3 The District & Sessions Judge Ranga Reddy District at L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad. .....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 to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the action of the 1st Respondent in prescribing the intermediate qualification for promotion to the higher post of Junior Assistants in the new Rules i.e., A.P. Judicial Ministerial Service Rules, 2003 even in respect of the existing employees without granting any relaxation as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the Respondents to consider the case of the Petitioners for promotion to the next higher post i.e., Junior Assistants without insisting for intermediate qualifications. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.M.BHASKARA LAKSHMI (SC FOR APHC) THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No. 29021 of 2008 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) Learned counsel for the petitioners filed a letter dated 15.06.2009 before the Registry seeking permission to withdraw the writ petition. In view of the said letter dated 15.06.2009, the counsel for the petitioners is permitted to withdraw the writ petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. __________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED,J __________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR,J Dt:16-06-2009 usd