IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.28255 of 2008 Between: M/s. Maxworth Plywoods Pvt. Ltd., D.No.9-19/56/3,1st and 2nd Floor, Above Dhanalakshmi Bank, CBM Compound, VIP Road, Visakhapatnam-530 035, Represented byits Vice President - Finance & Legal, Sri Manoj Kumar Sharma. ...Petitioner And 1. The Union of India, through the Secretary, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi-110 001. 2. The Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Visakhapatnam-II Commisionerate, Central Excise Building, Port Area, Visakhapatnam-530 035. ...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 order or direction particularly one in the nature of a mandamus directing respondent No.2 not to proceed on the Notice dated 15.12.2008 fixing personal hearing on 30.12.2008 or passing any final order unless all the documents seized or recorded by respondent No.2 which are so far not returned to the petitioner and to grant six months time for filing the reply after providing all the documents and personal hearing may be fixed after such period. Counsel for the petitioner : M/s. Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Counsel for the respondents : Sri A. Rajasekhar Reddy, Assistant Solicitor General. The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, C.J.) The learned Advocate for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the petition. Permission is granted. The petition is disposed of as withdrawn with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, C.J. 15th July, 2009 RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J. ….REGISTRAR To 1. The Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, North Block, New Delhi-110 001. 2. The Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Visakhapatnam-II Commisionerate, Central Excise Building, Port Area, Visakhapatnam- 530 035. 3. One copy to Sri A. Rajasekhar Reddy, Asst. Solicitor General, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OPUC). 4. Two C.D. copies. ARS