IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 16192 of 2007 Between: 1 Narendra Chitra Mandir (A.C.) Prakasam Road, Tanuku - 534 211, WEst Godavari District, Rep. by its GPA Holder, Sri.Y.Narayana Rao Chowdhary, S/o.Timma Raju, Aged about 86 years, R/o. Prakasam Road, Tanuku - 534 211. 2 Mini Narendra (A.C.) Prakasam Road, Tanuku - 534 211, WEst Godavari District, Rep. by its GPA Holder, Sri.Y.Narayana Rao Chowdhary, S/o.Timma Raju, Aged about 86 years, R/o. Prakasam Road, Tanuku - 534 211. 3 Sri Lakshmi Talkies (A.C.) Tanuku - 534 211, WEst Godavari District, Rep. by its Managing Partner, Sri.D.Satyanarayana Raju S/o.late Lakshmipathi Raju Aged about 56 years, R/o.Tanuku. 4 Mahalakshmi Mini Theatre (A.C.) Ganapavaram,, WEst Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner K.Rama Raju S/o.Soma Raju R/o.Ganapavaram. 5 DAsari Picture Palace (A.C.) Palakol, WEst Godavari District, Rep. by its Manager D.Venkateswara rao, S/o. Sai Raj, Aged about 65 years, R/o.Palakol. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Home (General-A) Department, rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Collector, West Godavari District, at Eluru. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to isue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the clause 3(5) of the G.O.Ms.No.95 dated 31.05.2005 in fixing the maximum rate of admission in the cinema theatre in Grade-I municipality as Rs.25/- in respect of A.C.,/Air cooled as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to enhance the rates of admission to Rs.30/- for upper classes and pass such other or further orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : O R D E R:- The learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded and accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 18th March, 2009 bcj