IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.22881 of 2007 Between: G.S.R.Sudhakar S/o.Venu, 132/33 KV Sub station, Chintalapudi, West godavari District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The AP Transco, rep.by its Chief Engineer, Visakhapatnam 2 The AP Transco., rep by its Superintending Engineer, Bommuru, Rajahmundry, E.G.District 3 The AP Transco., rep.by its Divisional Engineer, Nidadavolu, W.G.District 4 The AP Transco., rep.by its Asst.Engineer, Maintenance, 132/33 K.V Sub station, Chiontapudi, W.G.District 5 M/s.Omni Electrical Contractors, Rep.by its prop. G.Krishna, I.Pangidi ,Kovvur Mandal, W.G.District .....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 a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in trying to dispense with the services of the petitioner as highly illegal, arbitrary, and contrary to the Judgments of this Hon`ble Court as well as Apex court and consequently direct the respondents to continue the services of the petitioner on contract basis in the respondents organization even though the contractor changes. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.M.KRISHNAIAH Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 4: MR. P.R.BALARAMI REDDY (SC FOR AP TRANSCO) Counsel for the Respondent No.5: MR. D. NARASIMHA RAO The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.22881 OF 2007 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner addressed a letter, dated 16.10.2008, to the Registry stating that he has instructions from the writ petitioner to withdraw the writ petition. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. ____________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 18th October, 2008. IBL