IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 17966 of 2008 Between: St.Mary's College of Engineering & Technology, Deshmukhi Village, Pochampally Mandal, Nalgonda District, rep. by its Secretary & Correspondent Rev.K.V.K.Rao. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The All India Council for Technical Education, 7th Floor, Chandralok Building, Janpath, New Delhi Rep. by its Member Secretary. 2 Dr.K.Narayana Rao All India Council for Technical Education 7th Floor, Chandralok Building, Janpath, New Delhi. .....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 order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus a. to declare the action of the 1st respondent in not granting approval to the petitioner for the academic year 2008- 2009 in 15% supernumerary quota to enable admission of Foreign Nationals and persons of Indian origin, in pursuance of grant of initial approval for the academic year 2007-2008, b. non-grant of approval for all the additional courses as sought by the petitioner in its proposal dated 31.12.2007, as revised by representation of the petitioner dated 21.7.2008 consequent upon grant of accreditation, as arbitrary, illegal and malafide offending Article 14 of the Constitution of India and c. consequently direct the 1st respondent to grant approval to the petitioner in respect of the courses in the quota for Foreign Nationals as well as the additional intake and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.SRI RAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: KUM.C.SINDHU KUMARI The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking the following substantial reliefs. “a. to declare the action of the 1st respondent in not granting approval to the petitioner for the academic year 2008-2009 in 15% supernumerary quota to enable admission of Foreign Nationals and persons of Indian origin, in pursuance of grant of initial approval for the academic year 2007-2008, b. non- grant of approval for all the additional courses as sought by the petitioner in its proposal dated 31.12.2007, as revised by representation of the petitioner dated 21.7.2008 consequent upon grant of accreditation, as arbitrary, illegal and malafide offending Article 14 of the Constitution of India and c. consequently direct the 1st respondent to grant approval to the petitioner in respect of the courses in the quota for Foreign Nationals as well as the additional intake and pass such other order or orders” Sri S.Sairam, learned counsel for the petitioner filed a letter in the registry on 22.1.2009 seeking permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to pursue the alternative remedies. Accordingly, permission is granted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. N.V.RAMANA,J DT.27/1/2009 msv