IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 17422 of 2008 Between: 1 M/s.Lakshmi Venkata Ramana Rice Mill,Penumadam Via Palakol Poduru mandal, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing partner Gadey Janardhana Gupta 2 M/s. Lakshmi Srinivasa Rice Mill Canal Road,Jinnur Via palakol , WestGodavari District rep.by its Managing partner Gadey Janardhana Gupta 3 M/s.Sri Jagannadha Surya Lakshmi Rice Mill Ullamparru via Palakol, West GodavariDistrict rep.by its Managing partner Penmatsa Jagannadha RAju 4 M/s.Sri Satya Lakshmi Rice Mil, Vedangi Via Palakol , West Godavari District rep.by its Managing partner Penmatsa Jagannadha RAju 5 M/s.Lakshmi Modern Rice Mill Ullamparru,via Palakol, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing partner Penmatsa Sri Rama Raju 6 M/s.Loknath Rice Mill,Ullamparru ,Via Palakol West Godavari District rep.by its Managing PArtner M.N.V.Satyanarayan Murthy 7 M/s.Vijayalakshmi Rice Mill,Narsapur Road Palakol, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing PArtner Bangaru Muralidhar 8 M/s. Jupiter Trading Corporation, Canal Road Palakol, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing PArtner Bonam Narasimha Rao 9 M/s.Bhupathiraju Ramachandra Raju Rice Mill Palakol, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing Parnter Bhupathi Raju Achuta Rama Raju 10 M/s.Sri Lokeswari Rice Mill, Palakol, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing Parnter Bangaru Manikyam 11 M/s.Sri Venkateshwar Rice Mill,Vadangi Poduru Mandal , West Godavari District rep.by its Managing Parnter D.Sivarama Krishna 12 M/s.Kancharla Purushotham Gupta & company Palakol, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing PArtner Kancharla Purushotham Gupta 13 M/s.Sri Surya Rama Chandra Rice Mill Ullamparru, Near Palakol, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing PArtner Repaka Ramu 14 M/s.Venkateswara Traders,Yadla Bazar,Main Road palakol, West Godavari District, rep.by its Managing PArtner D.V.S.A.narasimha Rao 15 M/s.Suryanarayana Traders, Adavipalem, West Godavari District Rep.by its Proprietor B.Surya Narayana Raju 16 M/s.Sri Jayalakshmi Venkata Narasimha Rice Mill Poolapalli, Via Palakol, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing PArtner J.Gandhi Babu 17 M/s.Satya Sai Rice Traders,Achanta West Godavari District, rep.byits Managing PArtner Chilukuri Rama Rao 18 M/s.Sree Surya Teja Rice Traders Penumandam Road,Palakol, West Godavari District rep.byits Managing Partner Jaddu Gowtham Kumar 19 M/s.Sai Ram Rice Trading,Palakol, West Godavari District, rep.by its Proprietor M.S.R.Venkateswara Rao 20 M/s.Sree Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Rice Mill Koderu Road,Achanta, West Godavari District rep.by its Managing partner T.Ramakrishna Vara prasad ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of India., Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution Department of Public Distribution Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi 2 The General Manager,Food Corporation of India Food Corporation of India., HACA Bhavan, Hill fort Road Hyderabad 3 Food Corporation of India., District office, Jubilee Road Tadepalligudem -534101, rep.by its District Manager .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue a writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus: 1. Declaring the proceedings No.167(25)/2007-PY-1 dated 9.6.2008 issued by the 1st respondent modifying the price of levy rice for the khariﬀ marketing season 2007-08 as arbitrary, illegal, ultra vires violative of the petitioners rights guaranteed under Article 14,19(1)(g) and 300A of the Constitution of India. 2. declaring the action of the respondents in unilaterly making deductions from the running bills of the petitioners pursuant to the proceedings of the 1st respondent dated 9.6.2008 as arbitrary, illegal ultra vires violative of the petitioners rights guaranteed under Article 14,19(1)(g) and 300A of the Constitution of India and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.BALAJI VARMA Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that no cause of action survives in this writ petition and seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission as sought for is accorded, and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. _________________________ (B. Seshasayana Reddy, J.) 24th October, 2008 Js.