IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No. 11183 of 2002 Between: Sannikanti Bhaskara Rao, S/o.Kondaiah, R/o. 10-15-51-H1, Santhinagar, Kavali, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Collector, Nellore. 2 The Commissioner, Kavali Municipality, Kavali, Nellore District. 3 Mr.K. Mastan Rao, Revenue Divisional Officer, Kavali, Nellore Dist. 4 Smt. Anam Sulochana, Typist, Mandal Revenue Office, Bogole, Nellore 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 issue a writ, order or direction, more particularly a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein to take steps to remove the encroachments put up by the 4th respondent over Government land and lay a drinking water pipeline to provide drinking water to the residents of Santhinagar, 3rd Lane, Kavali Town. Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.M.VENKATA RAMANA REDDY Counsel for Respondents 1, 3 & 4 : G.P. FOR REVENUE Counsel for Respondent No.2 : Mr.M.SUBBA REDDY The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice) In view of the letter filed by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. ___________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. 22nd September 2004. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J. ARS To 1 The District Collector, Nellore. 2 The Commissioner, Kavali Municipality, Kavali, Nellore District. 3 Two CCs to the G.P. for Revenue, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies.