IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 16212 of 2003 Between: 1 B.Mahaboob Basha S/o B.Jaffar Saheb O/o S.K.University,S.V.Puram, Ananthapur. 2 R.Nagendra Swamy S/o R.Sankar Narayana O/o S.K.University.,S.V.Puram., Ananthapur. 3 M.Mallikarjunaiah S/o Chandrasekharaiah O/o S.K.University. S.V.Puram, Ananthapur. 4 P.Ramakrishna Reddy S/o Laxminarasappa O/o S.K.University, S.V.Puram., Ananthapur. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Sri Krishna Devaraya University Rep.by its Registrar, S.V.Puram., Ananthapur. 2 Sri Yerriswamy O/o Registrar, Sri Krishna Devaraya University., S.V.Puram., Ananthapur. 3 Sri Prasannakumar O/o Registrar., Sri Krishnadevaraya University., S.V.Puram., Ananthapur. .....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 a Writ, Order or direction more in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent University in not paying time scale attached to the post of last grade service in the time scale of Rs.2,650/- to the petitioners in spite of discharging similar duties and responsibilities and in spite of having similar qualifications as highly arbitrary, illegal and violative of Article 14,16,21 and 39(D) of the Constitution of India, and consequentially to declare that the petitioners herein are entitled for minimum time scale attached to the post of Last Grade Service from the date of their initial appointment i.e.right from 1997-9 and also the differential amount of arrears. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.V.RAMANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.RAMALINGESWARA REDDY(SC FOR SKU) The Court made the following : ORDER : The learned counsel for the petitioners filed a letter, dated 13-07-2009, addressed to the Registrar (Judicial), stating that petitioners seek to withdraw the Writ Petition. In view of the letter, dated 13-07-2009, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. 16th July, 2009. Note : Issue C.C. in 3 days. B/O skmr