IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 12024 of 2008 Between: M. Chengalaraya Chetty, S/o.N. Munaswamy, R/o. Balapuram Village and Post Patchigunta Grama Panchayat, G.D. Nellore Mandal, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State Election Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh, Rep. byits Commissioner, Hyderabad. 2 The Election Officer-Cum-District Collector, Chitoor District. 3 The District Panchayat Officer, Chittoor District. 4 The Mandal Development Officer, G.D. Nellore Mandal, Chittoor 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 will be pleased to a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the Election Notiﬁcation in Ref.No. 195/S.E.C-B2/2008, dated 02-06-2008 in so far as it related to Patchigunta Grama Panchayat G.D., Nellore Mandal, Chittoor District as illegal, Unconstitutional and contrary to the A.P. Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 1994 and The A.P. Panchayat Raj (Election Tribunals in Respect of Gram Panchayats, Mandal Parishads, and Zilla Parishads) Rules, 1995 and the Sarpanch Election is subjudice in O.P.No. 14 of 2006 on the ﬁle of the Principal Junior Civil Judge-Cum-Election Tribunal, Chittoor and consequently restrain the Respondents herein from conducting election to the post of Sapanch, Patchigunga Grama Panchayat till the disposal of O.P.No. 14 of 2006 on the ﬁle of the Principal Junior Civil Judge- cum- Election Tribunal, Chittoor. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.V.BHATT Counsel for the Respondents: MR.V.V.PRABHAKARA RAO The Court made the following ORDER: The learned counsel for the petitioner ﬁled a letter, dated 15.09.2008, seeking permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:18.09.2008. kdl