IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY MONDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.19387 OF 2007 Between: Mohd.Saleem Ahmed. … Petitioner AND The Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board, Reptd., by its Chif Executive Officer, Haj House Complex, Opposite to Public Gardens, Nampally, Hyderabad and eight others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Syed Shareef Ahmed. Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home for R.3. This Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the action on the part of the respondents 2 and 3 in not extending the Police Protection in pursuance of the requisition made by the 1st respondent through his letter dated 29-6-2007 and 10-8-2007 to protect the possession over an extent of 40 Sq. yards which is the Wakf property, as being illegal, arbitrary, capricious, malafide amounting to dereliction of duty”. At the hearing, Sri Syed Shareef Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that in view of availability of alternative remedy under Section 83(8) of the Wakf Act, 1995, the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw the Writ Petition with liberty to avail the said remedy. The request of the learned counsel for the petitioner is accepted and the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP No.24929 of 2007 is also dismissed as in fructuous. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 21-4-2008 MNR