IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA Writ Petition No.13087 of 2007 Between: M/s. Madhurawada Quarry Workers Cooperative Production and Sales Society Ltd., (Regd. No. B1358) rep. by its President Sri Samireddy Appa Rao, s/o. Late Appanna Hindu, aged 65 yrs, Chandrampalem village, Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The District Collector, Visakhapatnam District, Visakhapatnam. 3. Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority, rep. by its Chairman, Visakhapatnam. 4. The Director, Mines and Geology, B.R.K.R. Bhavan, Hyderabad. 5. The Deputy Director, Mines and Geology, Visakhapatnam. 6. The Assistant Director, Mines and Geology, Visakhapatnam. ...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 declare the letter No.1428/Q/2002 dated 23-05-2007 of the 6th Respondent as illegal, void arbitrary violative of Art. 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and by setting aside the same, and to direct the 2nd respondent to issue no objection certificate in favour of the petitioner society for quarrying the land as per the lease in S.No.1 of Yendada Village, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal after renewing the said lease which expires on 26-06-2007 as per the proceedings No. 602/Q2/2002 dated 12-4-2002 of the 5th Respondent. Counsel for the Petitioner. : DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents. : GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER: - Ms. Geethanjali, learned counsel, representing Sri P.B. Vijaya Kumar, learned counsel for petitioner, prays permission for withdrawing the writ petition. 2. Permission is granted. 3. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. _____________________ JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA Dt.21-02-2008 GLV ASSISTNT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER Copy to: 1. The Secretary, Revenue Department, Government of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. The District Collector, Visakhapaetnam District, Visakhapatnam. 3. The Chairman, Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority, Visakhapatnam. 4. The Director, Mines and Geology, B.R.K.R. Bhavan, Hyderabad. 5. The Deputy Director, Mines and Geology, Visakhapatnam. 6. The Assistant Director, Mines and Geology, Visakhapatnam. 7. 2CCs to 8. 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}