IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 3651 of 2002 Between: K.Ramu, s/o K.Venkateswara Gupta, Aged 37 years, Occ:Service, R/o H.No.7-5-4/1, Venkateswara Colony, Mahaboobnagar-509 001. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes Co-operative Finance Corporation Limited, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 2. The Collector/Chairman, District S.C.Service Cooperative Society Ltd., Mahabubnagar. 3. The Executive Director, Mahaboobnagar District Schedule Caste Services Co-operative Society Ltd., Mahabubnagar. 4. The Executive Engineer, District S.C.Service Co-operative Society Ltd., Mahabubnagar. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus: i. Declaring the action of the respondent authorities in not promoting the petitioner to the posts of Assistant Engineer though he fulfilled all the requisite eligibility criteria as arbitrary, illegal, violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India; ii) Direct the respondent authorities to promote the petitioner to the post of Assistant Engineer with retrospective effect from the date on which he completed five years of service in the category of Draughtsman Gr.II or from the date on which the vacancy exists with all consequential benefits including monetary, seniority etc. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. A.SUDERSHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: Mr.MVS. Suresh Kumar The Court made the following: JUDGMENT: The learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. _____________ 04-08-2004 Lrkm. To 1.The Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes Co-operative Finance Corporation Limited, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 2.The Collector/Chairman, District S.C.Service Cooperative Society Ltd., Mahabubnagar. 3.The Executive Director, Mahaboobnagar District Schedule Caste Services Co-operative Society Ltd., Mahabubnagar. 4.The Executive Engineer, District S.C.Service Co-operative Society Ltd., Mahabubnagar. 5.2CD copies