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 : 17471 of 2008 Between: 1 M/s. Govind & Co., Taylorpet, Narsapur, West Godavari District, Rep by its Managing Partner A. Govind 2 M/s. Sri Venugopal & Co., Vanka Vari Street, Narsapur, West Godavari District, Rep by its Managing Partner V. Mohan Krishna 3 M/s. Sai Durga Rice Traders, Turputallu, Narsapur Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep by its Managing Partner A. Satyanarayana 4 M/s. Devisri Trading Company, Poduru, Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep by its Proprietor J. China Jogeswara Rao 5 M/s. Vijaya Lakshmi Satyanarayana Traders, Penumadam, Poduru Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep by its Proprietor M. Veerabhadra Rao 6 M/s. Sri Venkatalakshmi Rajagopalaswamy Rice Mill, Narsapur, West Godavari District, Rep by its Managing Partner K. Naga Rama Krishna Murthy 7 M/s. Hari Kumar Paddy & Rice Merchants, Narsapur, West Godavari District, Rep by its Proprietor P.L.U.L. Lavakumara Gupta 8 M/s. Sai Sri Rice Industry, Kothapeta (Via) Digamarru, Palakol Mandal, Rep by its Proprietor J. Boja Raja Sekhar 9 M/s. Lakshmi Hari Priya Traders, Mogaltur, (Via) Narsapur, Rep by its Proprietor A. Venkata Haranadha Babu 10 M/s. Lakshmi GaneshTraders, Mogaltur, (Via) Narsapur, Rep by its Proprietor N.V.V. Satyanarayana Reddy ..... 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, HACA Bhavan, Hill Fort Raod, Hyderabad. 3 Food Corporation of India, District Office, Jubilee Road, Tadepalligudem - 534 101, .....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 Kharif Marketing season 2007-2008 as arbitrary, illegal ultra vires, violative of the petitioner's 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 petitioner's rights guaranteed under Article 14, 19(1)(g) and 300A of the constitution of India and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.BALAJI VARMA Counsel for the Respondent No.: 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.