IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 25803 of 2007 AND CONTEMPT CASE NO.995 OF 2008 WP No.25803 of 2007 Between: Gosu Venkata Lakshmamma, W/o Sri Ramachandra Reddy, Aluru (V), Tadipatri Mandal, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Director General & Inspector General of Prisons, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 Superintendent, Central Prison, Kadapa. 4 Superintendent, Central Prison, Rajahmundry. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT G.JHANSI FOR SRI.B.ADINARAYANA RAO Counsel for the respondents: ---- CONTEMPT CASE NO : 995 of 2008 (Contempt Case U/s. 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the respondents herein for violating, disobeying the order of the High Court dated 01-05-2008 in WPMP No.33629 of 2007 in W.P.No.25803 of 2007. Between: Gosu Venkata Lakshmamma, W/o Sri Ramachandra Reddy, Aluru (V) Tadipatri Mandal, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Ajayendrapal Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Lokendra Sarma Director General & Inspector General of Prisons, 3 Superintendent, Central Prison, Kadapa. 4 Superintendent, Central Prison, Rajahmundry. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT G.JHANSI FOR MR.B.ADINARAYANA RAO Counsel for the Respondents:---- The Court made the following COMMON ORDER: COMMON ORDER: Writ Petition No.25803 of 2007 is ﬁled for the following substantive relief: “It is therefore prayed that the Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in passing the orders in Memo No.SB5/989/2006 dated 22-09-2007 keeping in abeyance the earlier orders in Memo No.SB5/989/2006 dated 11-09-2007 whereunder the ‘convicts’ bearing CT Nos.8786, 8787, 8788, 8789 and 9234 were retransferred to Central Prison, Kadapa from the Central Prison, Rajahmundry is irrational, arbitrary and in violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and the Prisons Act, 1900 and the A.P.Prison Rules, 1979 and consequently set aside orders dated 22-09- 2007.” Contempt Case No.995 of 2008 is ﬁled alleging willful disobedience of order dated 01-05-2008 in WPMP No.33629 of 2007 in W.P. No.25803 of 2007. At the hearing, Smt G.Jhansi, learned counsel representing the petitioner in both the cases, submitted that in view of the Criminal Appeal ﬁled by the accused in the Supreme Court against their conviction, the petitioner does not seek to pursue the writ petition and the contempt case for the present and that both the cases may be dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to ﬁle a fresh writ petition, if need be in future. The request of the learned counsel is accepted and the writ petition and the contempt case are dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition as withdrawn, interim order dated 01-05-2008 is vacated. WPMP No.33629 of 2007 is dismissed and WVMP No.2535 of 2008 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 3rd November, 2008 vrn