IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 19664 of 2000 Between: 1. A.Satyanarayana S/o.Venkatanarsaiah O/o.Mother Dairy, Hayathnagar R.R.Dist. 2. Md.Shareef S/o.Md.Navshareef O/o.Mother Dairy,Hayathnagar R.R.Dist. 3. K.Bhaskar S/o.Kishan O/o.Mother Dairy,Hayathnagar R.R.Dist. 4. R.Venu S/o.Venkateswarlu O/o.Mother Dairy,Hayathnagar R.R.Dist. 5. Sk.Rafi Ahmed S/o.Sk.Khaderbasha O/o.Mother Dairy,Hayathnagar R.R.Dist. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The State of A.P. Rep.by its Secretary,Finance & Planning Dept Secretariat Hyderabad. 2 The State of A.P., Rep.by its Secretary, Agriculture Dept Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad. 3 The A.P.Dairy Development Corporation Federation Ltd., Rep.by its Vice Chairman and Managing Director Lalapet Hyderabad. 4 The Mother Dairy, Rep.by its General Manager Hayathnagar R.R.Dist. 5 The State of A.P, Rep.by its Secretary,Legislative Affairs Secretariat Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order or direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Act 27/1998 issuing by the 5th respondent is illegal, arbitrary and G.O.Ms.No.212, F&P, dt.22-4-94 and declare the same as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the orders passed by the Hon'ble High Court as well as the Hon'ble Supreme Court and further direct the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioners in which posts they are working from the date of their initial appointment and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.RAGHAVENDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1 : G.P. for Finance & Planning Counsel for the Respondent No.2 : G.P. for Agriculture, Counsel for the Respondent No.5 : G.P. for Legislative Affairs The Court made the following ORDER (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice J. Chelameswar): The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition, as it was already held by this Court in earlier proceedings that such a writ petition is not maintainable as against the third respondent- A.P. Dairy Development Corporation Federation Limited, with liberty to the petitioners to initiate appropriate proceedings as they are advised for agitating their rights which are pleaded before this Court. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed as ‘not pressed’ with a liberty to the petitioners, as prayed for. No costs. _______________ J. CHELAMESWAR, J ________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J 7th October, 2004 Note: Issue CC in one week B/o. isn To 1. The Secretary, The State of AP., Finance and Planning Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2. The Secretary, The State of A.P., Agricultural Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3. The Vice Chairman and Managing Director, The A.P. Dairy Development Corporation Federation Ltd., Lalapet, Hyderabad. 4. The General Manager, The Mother Dairy, Hayathnagar Ranga Reddy District. 5 The Secretary, The State of AP., Legislative Affairs, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6. Two CCs each to G.P. for Finance & Planning, Agriculture, and Legislative Affairs, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 7. Two CD copies.