IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7164 of 2000 Between: 1 K V Rathnam S/o Bapaiah Naidu DCC Bank, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 2 D Satyanarayana S/o Venkata Rao DCC Bank, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 3 P Satyanarayana S/o Bhaskera Bullaiah DCC Bank, Kakinada, East GOdavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of A.P., rep by its Special Secretary Co-operative Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Nampally Hyderabad 3 The District Co-op Central Bank rep by its General Manager Kakinada, East Godavari District. 4 Kambala Satyanarayana District Co-op. Central Bank, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 5 M Dharma Rao District Co-operative Central Bank, Kakinada, East Godavari District. ....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 to issue a Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned action of the 1st Respondent in awarding relaxation in favour of respondents 4 & 5 only while not extending the same to the other candidates like the petiioners and consequential action of the respondents in appointing the respondents 4 & 5 in the post of Manager ignoring the petitioners even though they are seniors to the respondents are highly illegal, arbitary and consequently direct the respondents to consider the candiature of the petitioners on par with respondents 4 & 5 along with all consequential benefits and pass such other order or orders in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.V.SHIVAJI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR COOPERATION The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No. 7164 of 2000 Order: Sri G.V. Gangadhar, learned counsel for the petitioners, seeks permission for withdrawal of the writ petition. Permission is accorded and, accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. Date: 20.01.2009 Nsr