IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 7567 of 2009 Between: Palapati Satyanarayana S/o. Ramaiah 113 Talluru Post, Phirangipuram Mandal, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Finance & Planning Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Dy. Financial Advisor and E.O.D.S. to Government, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Transport, Roads & Buildings Departments, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Irrigation Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 5 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6 The Engineer-in-Chief, Roads & Buildings, Errumanzil, Hyderabad. 7 The Engineer-in-Chief, Panchayatraj Errumanzil, Hyderabad. 8 The Pay and Accounts Officer, Works & Projects Guntur, Guntur District. 9 The Asst. Pay and Accounts Officer, NSP, Lingamguntla, Narsaraopeta, Guntur District. 10 The Pay and Accounts Officer, Works & Projects Nagarjunasagar, Nalgonda District. 11 The Asst. Pay and Accounts Officer Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 12 The Executive Engineer Panchayat Raj,. Guntur , Guntur District. 13 The Executive Engineer Panchayat Raj,. Miryalaguda, Nalgonda District. 14 The Executive Engineer, R.W.S. Panchayat Raj Guntur, Guntur District. 15 The Executive Engineer, R & B Narsaraopet, Guntur District. .....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 or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not including the 1% towards Labour Cess in respect of all the works allotted to the petitioners and payments made after 26.06.2007 by revising the estimates as per the U.O.Note.No.4763/PFS.F8(A1)/98-4, dt.28.2.2008, as highly arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory apart from violative of Arts. 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to include 1% towards Labour Cess in all the works entrusted to the petitioners and for all the payments made there after 26.06.2007 as per the U.O.Note.No.4763/PFS.F8(A1)/98-4, dt.28.2.2008 and also to release the amounts which were already recovered in this regard, to the petitioners. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.VENKATA RAO Counsel for Respondents 1,2,8,9 to 11: GP FOR FINANCE & PLANNING Counsel for Respondents 3,6 and 15: GP FOR ROADS & BUILDINGS Counsel for Respondent No.4: GP FOR IRRIGATION Counsel for Respondent 5,7, 12 to 14: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.7567 of 2009 ORDER: Sri P.Venkata Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, addressed a letter, dated 20.04.2009, to the Registry stating that the petitioner intends to withdraw the writ petition. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 21.04.2009 v v