IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 21592 of 2003 Between: 1 P.Vijaya Baskar Reddy s/o. P.Anji Reddy All the petitioners are the employees of the Sanjay RESCO Ltd., Jogipet, Medak Dist. 2 M.Sudhakar s/o. M.Nagaiah 3 D.Bhusahnam s/o. D.Mallaiah 4 Ch.Yellappa, W/o. Ch.Narayana 5 A.Krishana Reddy s/o. A.Durga Reddy 6 Md.Arif Ali s/o. Md.Bhadur Ali 7 Md.Moulana s/o. Md.Shaheb Hussaian 8 D.Narasimha Rao s/o. D.Pochaiah 9 T.Krishanaiah s/o. T.Mallaiah 10 Md.Hafeez Ali s/o. Md.Yusuf Ali, ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Govt. of A.P.,rep.by its Prl.Secretary, Public Enterprises Department, Secretariat Buildings,Hyd. 2 The Registrar of Cooperative societies, Public Enterprises Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 3 The Dist. Collector, Sangareddy, Medak Dist. 4 The Central Power Distribution Comp.Ltd., rep.by its M.D.Vidhyutsoudha, Hyderabad 5 The Sanjay RESCO Ltd., Jogipet, rep.by its Liquidator, Sanjay Rural Electrical Cooperative Society Ltd., Jogipet,Medak 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring (1) the action of the 4th respondent in not absorbing the petitioners into its service as unreasonable and arbitrary apart from being discrimination, thus violative of the of the Fundamental rights guaranteed to the petitioners under Articles 14, 16(1) and 21 of the constitution of India, (2) to declare the action of the 5th respondent in insisting upon submitting options for Voluntary Retirement and threatening to terminate our services with one month notice or one month salary as arbitrary, illegal, highhanded and issue a consequential direction directing the 4th respondent to absorb the petitioners into its service. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.C.V.MOHAN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE - THE ADVOCATE GENERAL Counsel for the Respondent No.4: Mr.S.Ravindranath, S.C. for C.P.D.C.L. Counsel for the Respondent No.5: None appeared. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a letter, dated 28.10.2004 seeking permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is granted. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ (V.ESWARAIAH, J.) 29th October, 2004. Bcj To 1 The Principal Secretary, The Govt. of A.P., Public Enterprises Department, Secretariat Buildings,Hyd. 2 The Registrar of Cooperative societies, Public Enterprises Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 3 The Dist. Collector, Sangareddy, Medak Dist. 4 The Managing Director, The Central Power Distribution Comp. Ltd., Vidhyutsoudha, Hyderabad 5 Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Industries and Commerce, HighCourt Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT) 6 Two C.D. copies