IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 25193 of 2008 Between: Rashtriya Praja Congress (Secular) Party, rep. by its Founder and President, Meda Srinivas S/o.Suryanarayana R/o.12-11-113, Aryapuram, 1st Street, Rajahmundry-4, E.G. District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Election Commission of India rep. by its Chief Election Commissioner, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi 110001. 2 Praja Rajyam Party, rep. by its President, rep. by its party President namely Konnedala Shiva Shankar Vara Prasad @ Mega Star Chiranjeevi, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. 3 State Election Commissioner, Budda Bhavan, Near Boats Club, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ order or orders, directions particularly a writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the initiation of the alleged application submitted by the 2nd respondent party to register it as PRAJA RAJYAM without giving notice, opportunity and conducting a detailed enquiry by the 1st Respondent as per the procedure which aﬀects the rights of the petitioner party as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to law, contrary to Article 324 of the Constitution of India, contrary to the Section 29A of the Representation of People Act, 1951 and Election Symbols (Reservation) and Allotment Order 1968, discriminative in nature, violative of principles of natural justice and issue a notice and opportunity to the Petitioner party before ﬁnalizing the party name of the 2nd Respondent party, in the interest of justice or else the petitioner party will be put to great hardship and irreparable loss which cannot be compensated by any means and pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.SURYA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.C.P.SARATHY The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the petition so as to approach respondent No.1- Election Commission of India on the grievance ventilated in the petition. Permission granted. The petition is disposed of as withdrawn with no order as to costs. ____________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ __________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 17th November, 2008. GRR