IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.26860 of 2008 Between: Y.Mohana Rao S/o.Y.Koteswara Rao Sub-Divisional Officer (Phones-1), BSNL,Gowliguda, Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, (A Government of India Enterprises), rep. by Chief General Manager, Telecom AP Circle, Abids,Hyderabad-500001 2 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, (A Government of India Enterprises), Hyderabad Telecom District, BSNL Bhavan, Adarshnagar,Hyderabad rep.by its Principal General Manager. 3 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, (A Government of India Enterprises), Telecom Exchange Building, Malakpet, Mahboob Manson,Hyderabad rep.by its General Manager (South). 4 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, (A Government of India Enterprises), Telephone Exchange Buildings, Gowliguda, Hyderabad, rep.by its Area Manager. 5 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, (A Government of India Enterprises), Telephone Exchange Buildings, Gowliguda, Hyderabad, Rep.by its Divisional engineer (External-I) .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order direction or writ particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ (i) declaring the letter No.TA/STA/WP.No./08/2008 dated 26.11.2008 as illegal and arbitrary, (ii) declaring the transfer of the petitioner to Kadapa as illegal and arbitrary, and (iii) direct the respondent to retain the petitioner as SDO (P) in HTD. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents: MR.B. DEVANAND (SC FOR B.S.N.L) The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.26860 OF 2008 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition with a liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedies available to him under law. Permission is accorded and the writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty as sought for. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 15th December, 2008 IBL