IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO : 1437 of 2009 Between: Raiyudu Venkateshwar Rao S/o. Satyanarayana R/o. Door No.70-19-54/1, Kakinada, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary Municipal Administration & Urban Development Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Municipal Corporation Rep. by its Commissioner Kakinada. ..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 one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring Act No.42 of 2008 issued by the 1st respondent in amending sub-section 1 of Section 91-A of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act 1955 for substituting the expression "within three (3) years", with the expression "within four (4) years", pursuant to the assent given by the Governor on 22nd December, 2008 and published on 31st December, 2008 in the A.P. Gazette No.58 as arbitrary, illegal; unconstitutional and consequently set-a-side the same. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.R.RUDRA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents: MR.S.NAGESWARA REDDY, GP FOR MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION & URBAN DEVELOPMENT The Court made the following : O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) : Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, circulated letter dated 17-07-2009, to the Registry, wherein he stated that he was instructed by the petitioner to withdraw the writ petition. In view of the same, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. ______________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED,J Dated 20th July, 2009 ___________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J vrn