IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 27128 of 2006 Between: Gangavarapu Dhanalaxmi, w/o G.Venkateswarlu Reddy, r/o K.C.Gopavaram Village, Chinnagopavaram Panchayat, Kuluvayi Mandal, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 the Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Women Development Child Welfare & Disabled Welfare (ICDS) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Nellore, Nellore District. 3 the Sub-Collector, Nellore. 4 the Project Director, District Women & Children Development Agency (ICDS), Nellore, Nellore District. 5 The Child Development Project Officer, ICDS Project, K.C.Gopavaram, Nellore District. .....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 issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not following the guidelines issued by the Government of India in respect of minimum age for selection to the post of Anganwadi worker and raising the minimum age 18 to 21 years as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to fix the minimum age of Anganwadi worker at 18 years by adopting the guidelines issued by the Government of India and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.S.GOPALA KRISHNAN Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR WOMEN DEV. & CHILD WELFARE The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner filed a letter, dated 07.03.2008, seeking permission of the Court to withdraw the Writ Petition. Permission is accorded and the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ Dt.12.03.2008 L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J Note:Furnish C.C. in three days. (B/o) GJ