IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 19688 of 2008 Between: 1 Dr. Sarah Hithavachani, W/o. Lawrence Babu, Department of English, SPW Degree College, Tirupathi. 2 Dr. M. Radhamma, W/o. P. Sreeramachandra Murthy, Department of Chemistry, SPW Degree College, Tirupathi. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, Tirupathi, Chittoor District, Rep. by its Executive Officer. 2 The Devasthanams Educational Officer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 particularly one in the nature of Writ of mandamus, declaring the action of the Respondents in taking steps to fill up the post of Principal, SPW Degree College, Tirupathi, on regular basis without preparing the seniority list of Lecturers as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the Respondents to prepare the seniority list of Lecturers in SPW Degree College, Tirupathi, in pursuance to the re- designation of the Petitioners as Lecturers w.e.f. 01-0401976 as intimated by the 1st Respondent vide Proceedings Roc.No. D3/6710/DEO/TTD/TPT/06 dt. 26-12-2006, and also declare that the Petitioners are entitled to be considered for promotion to the post of Principal, SPW Degree College, Tirupathi, reckoning their seniority in the cadre of Lecturer w.e.f. 1-4-1976 and with all other consequential benefits monetary or otherwise and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SURENDER RAJ Counsel for the Respondents: Sri Sivaraju Srinivas The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with costs. N.V. RAMANA, J 04-12-2008 ks