IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST 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: 6050 of 2004 Between: 1. Holy Cross Social Service Centre Rep. By its Correspondent Shourie David 1/7/178/A/4 Church Compound, Suryapet, Nalgonda 2 Holy Cross College of Education Near Shanker Vilas, Kuda Kuda Road Suryapet, Nalgonda, Rep. By its Corespondent Shourie David S/o Rauyappa, aged 46 years, R/o.2-2-11/1/104, DD Colony, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Govt. of AP Minorities Welfare (M& R) Department Rep. by its Principal Secretary, A.P. Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Govt. of AP Education Department Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat, Hyd. 3 AP. State Council for Higher Education Rep. by its Secretary, Hyderabad. 4 The Chief Election Officer-cum-Special Chief Secretary Govt. of A.P., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 5 The Election Commission of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi. 6 The Convener, EDCET 2003-2004 Osmania University, Hyd. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 one in the nature of the Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not permitting the 2nd petitioner institution to make admissions as a Minority Educational Institution as being illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the 2nd petitioner's continuance as a minority educational institution in any manner. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.S.NIRANJAN REDDY Counsel for Respondent No.1: G.P. for Social Welfare. Counsel for Respondent No.2: G.P. for Social Education Counsel for Respondent No.3: Mr. K. Ramesh Babu Counsel for Respondent Nos.4 & 5: Smt. C. Jayasree Sarathy Counsel for Respondent No.6: Mr. Deepak Bhattacharjee The Court made the following :- ORDER:(Per BRSR,J) Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks leave of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Leave is accordingly granted. The Writ Petition shall accordingly stand dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. __________________________ B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J Date:18-08-2004 __________________________ K.C. BHANU, J PV To 1 The Principal Secretary, Govt. of A.P., Minorities Welfare (M&R) Department Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyd. 2 The Principal Secretary, Govt. of A.P., Education Department Secretariat, Hyd. 3 The Secretary, AP. State Council for Higher Education Secretariat, Hyd. 4 The Chief Election Officer-cum-Special Chief Secretary Govt. of A.P., Secretariat, Hyd. 5 The Secretary Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi. 6 The Convener, EDCET 2003-2004 Osmania University, Hyd. 7. Two C.Cs. to G.P. for Minorities Welfare (M&R) Department, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 8. Two C.Cs. to G.P. for Education, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 9. Two C.Cs. to G.P. for Higher Education, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 10. Two C.D. copies.