IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 6690 of 2004 Between: 1 Arafath Education Society, Miryalguda,Nalagonda Mandal, rep. by its Secretary Mohd Mahmood Ali, S/o Mohd Mansoor Ali aged 42 years, R/o. Miryalguda, Nalagonda. 2 Arafath College of Education, Sagar Road, Miryalguda, Nalgonda District rep. by its Secretary Mohd Mahmood Ali, S/o Mohd Mansoor Ali R/o. Miryalguda, Nalagonda. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Minorities Welfare Department rep by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Convener, EDCET 2003-2004 Osmania University, 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 may be pleased to issue a writ, order direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in issuing G.O.Ms.No.4 dt. 3/03/2004 and the further action in issuing Memo No.634/M&R/A3/2004-2 dt. 29/03/2004 and in not granting recognition to the 2nd petitioner as a minority educational institution as being illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and violative of petitioners' fundamental rights and consequently direct the respondents to grant minority recognition certificate to the 2nd petitioner institution with effect from the date of its application and invalidate all acts of having treated the 2nd petitioner institution as a non minority institution for the purpose of making admission to the academic year 2003- 04. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1: G.P . FOR SOCIAL WELFARE Counsel for the Respondent No.2 :STANDING COUNSEL FOR O.U. The Court made the following : O R D E R: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice B.Sudershan Reddy) Sri S. Niranjan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners, seeks leave of this Court to withdraw the Writ Petition. Leave is accordingly granted. Accordingly, the Writ Petition shall stand dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. ______________________ B.SUDERSHAN REDDY, J. Dated: 12.10.2004 _____________________ K.C.BHANU, J. Note: Furnish C.C. by 13.10.2004. (B/O) GS/PV To 1. The Principal Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Minorities Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Convener, EDCET 2003-2004 Osmania University, Hyderabad. 3. 2CCs to G.P . for Social Welfare, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad (OUT) 4. 2CD copies