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 N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 16518 of 2008 Between: 1 Gunta Madugu Nagaraju S/o.G.Venkataram Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 2 K.Prakash Raju S/o.Ramakrishnam Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 3 K.Vasant Kumar S/o.Naga Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 4 A.Subramanyam Raju S/o. Venkataiah Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 5 D.Siva Raju S/o.D.Ramakrishnam Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 6 G.Suhasini W/o.Naga Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 7 G.Desamma W/o.Venkatrama Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 8 K.Nagabushanam W/o.K.Subramanyam Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 9 Gopala Raju S/o.K.Venkatrama Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 10 K.Manjula W/o.Gopala Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 11 Bharathi W/o.Subramanyam Raju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District 12 K.Ramakrishnam Raju S/o.Late Ramaraju Resident of K.R.Kotala village S.V.Puram Post, Vadamalapet Mandal,Chittoor District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Collector, Chittoor District,at Chittoor 2 The Revenue Development Officer, Tirupati Rural Mandal 3 The Mandal Revenue officer,Vadamalapet Mandal Chittoor District .....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 an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly a writ in the nature of writ of mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in making hectic eﬀorts to dismantle the tank called "Komativanigunta' situate at K.R.Kotala Village,Vadamalapet Rural Mandal,Chittoor District without considering our objections as being illegal, and arbitrary, apart from being violative of the constitutional mandate of protecting the natural resources besides a Catena of judicial precedents of the Hon`ble Supreme Court, as well as this Hon`ble court and consequently direct the respondents not to dismantle or change the physical features of the said tank in any manner. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.P.HEMACHANDRA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition. Accordingly, permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.24.10.2008 msv