IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 11260 of 2009 Between: K. Nand Kumar S/o. K. Janakiramaiah Southern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Ltd. Guntur. ..... PETITIONER AND Southern Power Distribution Company of A.P. Ltd., Tirupathi, rep. by its Chairman & Managing Director. .....RESPONDENT 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 or order or direction, especially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus: i) declare the action of the respondent in not considering the petitioner's case for promotion to the post of Superintending Engineer as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Regulation 3(B)(ii) of APSEB Service Regulations Part-III. ii) consequently direct the respondent to promote the petitioner as Superintending Engineer w.e.f. 1.9.2008, duly granting all other consequential benefits. iii) and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.VASUDEVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court at the stage of admission made the following O R D E R: Sri K. Vasudeva Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the Writ Petition with liberty to pursue the effective alternative remedies available to the petitioner for securing consideration of his case for promotion to the post of Superintending Engineer pending further disciplinary action against him. Granting the liberty, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 10h June 2009 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}