IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:20336 of 2000 Between: M/s. Sentinal Grnite, Regd. Office No. B-254, Rep by its Manager, Sri A.V.Chandrasekhar Rao, 50th Street, Ashok Nagar, Chenni-600 083. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Director of Mines and Zeolory, 8th Floor, B.R.K.R. Bhavan, Hyderabad. 2 Government of A.P., Rep by its Secretary, Industry and Commerce Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. CHALLA GUNARANJAN FOR MR.V.V.ANIL KUMAR The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for the following substantive relief: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying aﬃdavit, the petitioner herein prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue Writ (s), Order (s), more so in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in issuing the Letter No.8871/M.R.2/2000 dt. 3.10.2000 in refusing to waive the dead rent for the period from 14.08.1996 to 05.12.1998 in respect of quarry lease of the petitioner in Survey No.132/1A of Jagannadhavalasa Village, Vangara Mandal, Srikakulam District as illegal, arbitrary and violative of the A.P.Mines and Minerals Concession Rules, 1966 and Article 14 of the Constitution of India and set aside the same and consequently, direct the respondents to issued the M.R.C.C. certiﬁcate in favour of the petitioner forthwith and further direct the respondents to waive the dead rent for the period 14.08.1996 to 05.12.1998 and pass such other order or orders as the Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. “ At the hearing, Sri Ch.Gunaranjan, learned counsel representing Sri V.V.Anil Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner seeks to withdraw the writ petition. In view of the submission of the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 21st OCTOBER, 2008. kvni