IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 14612 of 1991 Between: 1 Tavidisetty Hanumantha Rao, S/o. Sambaiah, Resident of Khammam. 2 Tavidisetty Lakshminarayana, S/o. Hanumantharao, Resident of Khammam. 3 Tavidisetty Swarajya Lakshmi, W/o.Hanumantharao Resident of Khammam. 4 Tavidisetty Lakshamma, W/o.Late Sambaiah, Resident of Khammam. 5 Atamakuri Krishna Murthy, S/o. Late Narayana, Resident of Khammam. 6 Pullakhandam Satyanarayana, S/o. Late Sriramulu, Resident of Khammam. 7 Vangaveeti Gopala Phani Kumar, S/o. Satyanarayana, Resident of Khammam. 8 Vangaveeti Satyanarayana, S/o. Raghavaiah, Resident of Khammam. 9 Bijjala Lakshmana Murthy, S/o. Late Narayana, Resident of Khammam. 10 Motamurri Vasundhara, W/o.Durga Prasad, Resident of Khammam. 11 Kalla Paparao, S/o. Venkataramarao, Resident of Khammam. 12 Kalla Bhaskararao, S/o. Venkataramarao, Resident of Khammam. 13 Kalla Krishna Mohan, S/o. Venkataramarao, Resident of Khammam. 14 Kalla Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Venkataramarao, Resident of Khammam. 15 Kalla Badarinarayana, S/o. Venkataramarao, Resident of Khammam. 16 Kalla Bhagirath, S/o. Venkataramarao, Resident of Khammam. 17 K.S.M.G.Prasad, S/o. Venkataramarao, Resident of Khammam. 18 Kalla Venkata Ramarao, S/o.Suryanarayana, Resident of Khammam. 19 Kalla Hymavathi, W/o.Venkataramarao, Resident of Khammam. 20 Kalla Paparao & Brothers, represented by Kalla Paparao, S/o.Venkata Ramarao, Resident of Khammam. 21 Kapalavai Lakshminarayana, S/o.Venkateswarlu, Resident of Khammam. 22 Cherukuri Krishna Murthy, S/o.Veeraiah, Resident of Khammam. 23 Cherukuri Bhaskararao, S/o.Veeraiah, Resident of Khammam. 24 Cherukuri Nagamani, W/o.Mohanrao, Resident of Khammam. 25 Cherukuri Veeraiah, S/o.Muthaiah, Resident of Khammam. 26 Gurram Ashok Kumar, S/o.Venkateswarlu, Resident of Khammam. 27 Gurram Narasimha Rao, S/o.Venkateswarlu, Resident of Khammam. 28 Gurram Umamaheswararao, S/o.Venkateswarlu, Resident of Khammam. 29 Gurram Prasadarao, S/o.Venkateswarlu, Resident of Khammam. 30 Gurram Sasikala, Resident of Khammam. 31 Gurram Lakshmi, W/o.Narasimharao, Resident of Khammam. 32 Gurram Veera Lakshmi, W/o.Ramarao, Resident of Khammam. 33 Gurram Leelavathi, W/o.Venkateswarlu, Resident of Khammam. 34 Bheem Prasad Misra, Resident of Khammam. 35 Chandramathi Misra, W/o.Beem Prasad Misra, Resident of Khammam. 36 Cherukuri Narasimharao, S/o. Veeraiah, Resident of Khammam. 37 Dokuparthy Ramarao, S/o.Ramakoti, Resident of Khammam. 38 Dokuparthy Rajeswari, W/o. Ramarao, Resident of Khammam. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (TC) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Khammam Municipality, Khammam. .....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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, declaring that the provision to Section 91 of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 as introduced by Act No.20/89 is void and unenforceable and restraining the respondents from giving effect to the said proviso. For the Petitioners: MR. T.S.ANAND, Advocate. For Respondent No. 1: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. For Respondent No. 2: Mr. R. Thimma Reddy, Standing Counsel. The Court made the following Order: (per Sri B. Sudershan Reddy, J) Sri T.S. Anand, learned counsel for the writ petitioners seeks leave of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Leave is granted and the writ petition shall accordingly stand dismissed as withdrawn without any order as to costs. (B. Sudershan Reddy, J) 23..09..2004 (K.C. Bhanu, J) ks ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1 Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (TC) Department, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner, Khammam Municipality, Khammam. 3 Two CCs to the Government Pleader for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (OUT). 4 Two CD copies.