IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8237 of 2007 Between: Akkineni Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Sanjeeva Rao, Male, Hindu, R/o.Flat No.304, Vasantha Towers, Patamata Lunka, Vijayawada-7, Krishna Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep.by its Principal Secretary to Revenue (Land Acquisition)Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Eluru, West Godavari Dist. 3 The Revenue Divisional Officer cum Land Acquisition Officer, Eluru, West Godavari Dist. 4 The Tahsildar,Pedhapadu, West Godavari Dist. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in issuing notification in Rc.No.F5/SW/78/2007[G2],Dt.25.02.2007 Under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act as published on 7.3.2007 in Avineethiki Sankellu" Newspaper notifying intention to acquire the petitioner land of Ac.1.03 cents and Ac.1.16 cents respectively covered by survey numbers 454 and 457/1b of Pedapadu Village is illegal, irregular, arbitrary, irrational, violative of provisions of Land Acquisition Act and A ndhra Pradesh Agricultural land(Conversion for non-Agricultural purpose) Act,2006, and offends articles 14,21 and 300 A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to drop the acquisition of his lands and pass such other orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.NIMMAGADDA SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR LAND ACQUISITION The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY W.P.NO. 8237 OF 2007 ORDER: 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner filed a letter dated 26-5-2008, seeking permission of the Court to withdraw this writ petition. Permission accorded. 2. Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. ___________________________ Justice L.Narasimha Reddy 28th May, 2008. KM THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY W.P.NO. 8237 OF 2007 28th May, 2008