IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 17757 of 2008 Between: 1 M/s. Sri Krishna Boiled Unit Punugonda, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner P. Pothu Raju 2 M/s. Gayathri Rice Industries, Penugonda West Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner T. Srinvias 3 M/s. Sri Gayathri Foods , Canal Road, Penugonda, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Managing Partner T. Srinvias 4 M/s. Sri Venkata Nageswara Traders, Penugonda, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner CHV Ramana Gupta 5 M/s. Durga Rice Products, Penugonda, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Proprietor N.V.V.S.S.G. Narasimham 6 M/s. Surya Vamsee Foods Alamuru, Punumantra Mandal, West Godavari District. Rep. by its Partner M. Tatayya Naidu 7 M/s,. Shirdi Traders, Alamuru, Punumantra Mandal, West Godavari District. Rep. by its Managing Partner N. Dhanamjaya 8 M/s. Sai Pavan Traders, Alamuru, Punumantra Mandal, West Godavari District. Rep. by its Managing Partner K.S. Bhrahmaji 9 M/s. Indukuri Venkata Raju, Main Road, Nelamuru, Alamuru, Punumantra Mandal, West Godavari District. Rep. by its Proprietor I. Venkata Raju 10 M/s. K.V. Reddy & Others, Penumantra Vil & Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Managing Partner K. Subba Reddy 11 M/s. Sree Venkata Sai Rice Mill, Pekeru, Punugonda Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Proprietor D. Surya Narayana 12 M/s. Surya Rice Traders, Alamuru, Punugonda Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner A. Ayyanna 13 M/s. Annapurna Rice Corporation Veerabhadrapuram, Tanuku Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner P.V. Bulli Raju 14 M/s. Sri Suryanarayana Rice Mill Velpur, Tanuku Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Managing Partner B.N. Rudraiah 15 M/s. Sri Venkata Ramana Industries, Vadali, Penugonda Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Proprietor B. Hanumanth 16 M/s. Sri Venkata Subramanyam Industries, Cherukuwada, Punugonda Mandal, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner N. Subramanyam 17 M/s. Tirumala Traders Punugonda, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner N. Ganga Raju 18 M/s. Rama Krishna Rice Traders, Punugonda, West Godavari District, Rep. by its Partner N. Ramanandha Rao 19 M/s. Sri Maheswari Foods Malleswaram-534330 West Godavari District Rep. by its Managing Partner N. Nageswara Rao 20 M/s. Sree Sarwesra Rice ill Velivennu, Undrajavaram mandal, West Godavari District Rep. by its Managing Partner P. Satyanarayana 21 M/s. Sri Vamsi Krishna Rice Mill Mortha, Undrajavaram mandal, West Godavari District Rep. by its Managing Proprietor G. Rama Lakshmi 22 M/s. Sri Sreenivasa Rice Products, Penugonda, West Godavari District Rep. by its Managing Partner M. Chandra Shekar Reddy ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Publicd Distribution Department of Public Distribution Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The General Manager, Food Corporation of India, HACA Bhavan, Hill Fort Road, Hyderabad. 3 Food Corporation of India District Office, Jubilee Road, Tadepalligudem-435 101 Rep. by its District Manager. .....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 or order or direction more particularly one in their nature of writ of Mandamus 1. Declaring the proceedings NO. 167(25)/2007-PY-1 dt. 9-6-2008 issued by the 1st respondent modifying the price of levy rice for the Kharif marketing season 2007-2008 as arbitrary illegal, ultra vires violative of the petitioners rights guaranteed under Article 14, 19(1) (g) and 300 A of the Constitution of India; 2. Declaring the action of the respondents in unilaterly making deductions from the running bills of their petitioners pursuant to the proceedings of the 1st respondent dt. 9-6-2008 as arbitrary illegal, ultra vires violative of the petitioner's rights guaranteed under Article 14, 19(1)(g) and 300A of the Constitution of India; and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.P.BALAJI VARMA Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that no cause of action survives in this writ petition and seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission as sought for is accorded, and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. _________________________ (B. Seshasayana Reddy, J.) 24th October, 2008 Js.