HON'BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 2275 OF 2007 Between: Cetty Koteswara Rao .... Petitioner AND The Secretary, The State Election Commission, Secunderabad & others .....Respondents :: O R D E R :: Counsel for the petitioner : Mrs. S. Nanda Dated: 08.02.2007 Per G.S.SINGHVI, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for staying the proceedings relating to conduct of elections to the Members of Wards of Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation on the premise that there will be three holidays on account of Mahasivaratri, cricket match and Sunday preceding the date of election. After arguing the case for some time and on being pointed out by the Court that there is a distinct possibility of the writ petition being dismissed with costs, Mrs. S. Nanda, learned counsel for the petitioner made a request that her client may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition. The request of Mrs. Nanda is accepted and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.2911 of 2007 ﬁled by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 08.02.2007 ksld -