IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 7728 of 2005 Between: 1 Smt. D. Gouri, W/o Ramachandra Reddy, R/o Tummalagunta Village, Tirupati Rural, Chittoor District. 2 J.V. Narsimha Murthy, S/o Narasimha Murthy, R/o 68, Kashavaini Gunta, Tirupati Town, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 3 K. Vijay Lakshmi, w/o Raghuramaiah, R/o H.No. 6-4-434, Gali Street, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh through its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Having office at Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, having office at Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector and District Magistrate, Chittoor, having office at Collector Office, Chittoor. .....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 pass an order, direction or a writ particularly in the nature of Writ of mandamus declaring that the purpose of the respondents to upgrade the municipality of Tirupati without guidelines/criteria as laid down by the Government of Andhra Pradesh vide proceedings No. Lr.Roc. No. 18306/2004/Elec.1, dt. 18- 11-2004 . D.O. Lt.No. Cllr. Peshi/2005, dt. 15-2-2005 are illegal, contrary to law and unconstitutional in as much as the said proposals are not supported by public at large as not being in the interest of public. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.PURUSHOTHAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : O R D E R (Per Hon’ble the Acting Chief Justice) The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that he has instructions from his clients to withdraw the writ petition and, therefore, seeks permission for the same. Permission accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. ----------------------------- BILAL NAZKI, HACJ ----------------------------------------- DR.G.YETHIRAJULU,J AVS DATE:13.04.2005 ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh through its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Having office at Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, having office at Masab Tank, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector and District Magistrate, Chittoor, having office at Collector Office, Chittoor. 4 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{AVLR}