IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G. BIKSHAPATHY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE Ch.S.R.K. PRASAD WRIT PETITION No: 1440 of 2004 Between: Sri B. Sreenivasa Rao S/o B. Nageswara Rao O/o Assistant Engineer, Electrical Telecom Sub Division No. TTD. Employees Colony, Chandragiri Road, Tirupathi ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent Engineer (E) Telecom Electrical Circle, 5-8-363, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad 2 The Chief Engineer (E) Telecommunications, Electrical Zone, Hyderabad 3 The Chief Engineer (E), Telecom Civilzone, Kothi, Hyderabad 4 The Chief General Manager, Telecommunications, Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad 5 The General Manager, Telecom District Tirupathi Chittoor District 6 The Executive Engineer, Telecom Electrical Division, Tirupathi .....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 order, direction or a Writ more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Superintendent Engineer (E), Telecom, Electrical Circle, in denying the grant of temporary status after conversion into full time casual laborer vide Order No. CAT/OA No. 1437-99/ SEETECH/2000/828/4-8- 2000 and also declaring the decision the decision of the Hon'ble Tribunal in the Judgment dt 3-8-2001 in OA No. 1415 of 2000 and also in the order dt 5-4-2003 in the RA No. 35 of 2003 in so far as it relates to the conversion of the petitioner into full time casual laborer and then granting temporary status of Group -D proceeding regularisation as Group D in the Telecom Department, is arbitrary, discriminatory, without application of mind to the material on record as on the date of decision, illegal being violation of the Art. 14, 16 & 21 of the Const. of India and consequently to direct the respondents to convert the petitioner into full time casual laborer and then temporary status of Group D towards regularisation as Group D. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KRISHNA DEVAN Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.ARAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) The Court made the following: ORAL ORDER: (BY GB,J) Learned counsel for the petitioner produced a letter dated 19-6-2003 issued by the Assistant General Manager (Legal), BSNL for compliance of the directions of the tribunal. Therefore, he seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the Writ Petition. Permission granted. In view of the letter referred to above, the Writ Petition is dismissed, as withdrawn. _____________________ (G. BIKSHAPATHY, J.) ___________________ (CH.S.R.K. PRASAD, J.) Date: 19-11-2004 ES To 1 The Superintendent Engineer (E) Telecom Electrical Circle, 5-8-363, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad 2 The Chief Engineer (E) Telecommunications, Electrical Zone, Hyderabad 3 The Chief Engineer (E), Telecom Civilzone, Kothi, Hyderabad 4 The Chief General Manager, Telecommunications, Nampally Station Road, Hyderabad 5 The General Manager, Telecom District Tirupathi Chittoor District 6 The Executive Engineer, Telecom Electrical Division, Tirupathi 7. 2 CD copies.