IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 5794 of 2003 Between: Peoples Monitoring Group on Electricity Regulatio (PMGER) Rep. by M.Thimma Reddy, S/o. M.Pothi Reedy 139, Kaktiya Nagar, Hyderabad-500 008 ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Union Of India Shastri Bhavan , Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi-110 001 2 Chairman and Managing Director Gas Authority of India Ltd.,. (GAIL) 16, Bhikaji Cama Place, Rk Puram Ring Road New Delhi-110 066 3 Chief Secretary The Government of AP Secretariat, Hyderabad 4 Chairman and Managing Director, Transmission Corporation of AP., (APTRANSCO) Vidyut Soudha, khairatabad Hyderabad 5 Secretary , AP. Electricity Regulatory Commission, 5th Floor, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills , Hyderabad 6 Chief Commercial Services, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) 8th Floor,Jeevan Bharati Building Tower -2 124 Indira Chowk, New Delhi-1 .....RESPONDENTS (Respondent No.6 is impleaded as per Court order dated 15.10.2003 in WPMP No.21789 of 2003) 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 an appropriate writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Madamus to declare the proceedings of the 1st respondent vide letter No. L- 12015/2/2000-G.P . dt. 18/02/2003 and the consequential Letter of the 2nd respondent vide No. GAIL/HZO/Mktg/RAVVASATELLITE/03 dt. 7/03/2003 as arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory and violative of the principles of natural justice and set aside the same. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.MOHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1 : MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) Counsel for the Respondent No.2: Mr. Kakara Venkata Rao Counsel for the Respondent no.3:None Counsel for the Respondent No.4: Smt.Vinobha Devi Counsel for the Respondent No.5: None Counsel for the Respondent No.6: Mr.M.P. Chandra Mouli The Court made the following Oral Order: (per Sri Devinder Gupta, CJ) In view of the affidavit in reply filed by the respondents, learned counsel for the petitioner states that he may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. ------------------------------ DEVINDER GUPTA,CJ DATE: 23rd JULY, 2004 --------------------- C.V. RAMULU,J pnb To 1 The Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Union Of India Shastri Bhavan , Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road New Delhi-110 001 2 The Chairman and Managing Director, Gas Authority of India Ltd.,. (GAIL) 16, Bhikaji Cama Place, R.K. Puram Ring Road New Delhi-110 066. 3 The Chief Secretary, The Government of AP Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 The Chairman and Managing Director, Transmission Corporation of AP., (APTRANSCO), Vidyut Soudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 5 The Secretary , AP. Electricity Regulatory Commission, 5th Floor, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills , Hyderabad. 6 The Chief, Commercial Services, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) 8th Floor,Jeevan Bharati Building Tower –2, 124 Indira Chowk, New Delhi-1. 7. Two C.D. copies