IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20413 of 1997 Between: J.E.Dhana Raj S/o.Satyaraj, Lab Assistant O/o.Executive Engineer/Civil,Quality Control Division KTPS V Stage,APSEB, Paloncha,Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P.S.E.B Rep.by its Member Secretary Vidyut Soudha Somajiguda Hyderabad. 2 Director,Personal Services,APSEB Vidyut Soudha Somajiguda Hyderabad. 3 Deputy Secretary(Pay Scales),A.P.S.E.Board Vidyut Soudha Somajiguda 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 mayl be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of the Respondents in extending same pay scale applicable to the Lab Assistants of KTPS to the petitioner from the date of his joining as arbitrary, illegal and discriminatory and consequently direct extension of the same or at least direct stepping up of petitioner's pay on par with the other Lab Assistants working in the same dept and thereby protect his scale/pay by issuing appropriate orders of stepping-up his pay. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: S.RAVINDRANATH (SC FOR A.P.S.E.B.) The Court made the following O R D E R: Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is granted. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. _____________ 21-09-2004 vrn To 1 The Member Secretary, A.P.S.E.B,Vidyut Soudha Somajiguda Hyderabad. 2 The Director,Personal Services,APSEB, Vidyut Soudha Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 3 The Deputy Secretary(Pay Scales),A.P.S.E.Board Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. 4 Two C.D copies