IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 21128 of 2006 Between: Ajanta Health Care Pvt. Ltd., represented by its General Manager Mr. B. Sajesh, Chennai. ...Petitioner And 1. Union of India, represented by its Secretary to Government, Ministry of Home, New Delhi. 2. Union of India, represented by its Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, New Delhi. 3. Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary to Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4. The Director General of Police, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 5. The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. 6. The Superintendent of Police, CID (Economic Offences Wing), Hyderabad. ...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 an orders or directions or writs in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring that various lawful activities carried on by the petitioner under any one of the marketing scheme including multilevel Marketing and sale of goods thereof is not infringement of any one of the provisions under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, 1978 and the allied Acts, and further declare that the action of the respondents in interfering with the lawful activity carried on by petitioner and its distributors as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents not to apply or enforce the provisions of Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, 1978 to the business of the petitioner and pass such further or other orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case and thus render justice. Counsel for the petitioner : Sri N. Pramod Counsel for respondent Nos.1 and 2 : Sri A. Rajasekhar Reddy, Asst. Solicitor General Counsel for respondent Nos.3 to 6 : Sri J. Sudheer, Special Govt. Pleader The Court made the following: ORDER: (Per Anil R. Dave, C.J.) Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the petition. Permission is granted. The petition stands disposed of as withdrawn with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, C.J. 12th September, 2008 C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J. ……REGISTRAR To 1.The Secretary to Government, Ministry of Home, Govt. of India, New Delhi. 2. The Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India, New Delhi. 3. The Secretary to Government, Home Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4. The Director General of Police, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 5. The Commissioner of Police, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 6. The Superintendent of Police, CID (Economic Offences Wing), Hyderabad. 7. Two copies to Sri J. Sudheer, Special Govt. Pleader, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 8. Two copies to the Govt. Pleader for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 9. One copy to Sri A. Rajasekhar Reddy, Asst. Solicitor General, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OPUC). 10.Two CD copies. ARS