IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20765 of 2008 Between: M/s. South India Corporation Ltd., Rani Seethai Hall, 6th Floor, 603, Anna Salai, Chennai, rep. by its Wholetime Director. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P. Genco, III Floor, Vidyuth South, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Superintending Engineer/Coal & Fuel Oils 2 M/s. Global Coal Mining Pvt. Ltd., 4th Floor, Maruti Complex, Rajbhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad, Rep. by its Managing Director. .....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 writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in awarding the letter of intent to the 2nd respondent as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Condition No.1.6.14 of the Tender Specification and Art. 14 of Constitution of India and consequently set aside the same and further direct the 1st respondent to split up the work in line with condition No.1.6.14 of the tender notice and specification No. CEGIISE (Coal)/E5/03/2008-09 and award the work of transport to the lowest bidder. Counsel for the Petitioner: M/s. INDUS LAW FIRM Counsel for Respondent No.1: MR.K.CHIDAMBARAM(SC FOR AP GENCO) Counsel for Respondent No.2: MR.P. RAMACHANDRAN The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20765 OF 2008 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner addressed a letter dated 11.12.2008 to the Registry stating that the petitioner instructed him to withdraw the writ petition so as to enable it to pursue the alternative remedies. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn leaving liberty to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedies available to it under the law. No order as to costs. _________​__________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 12th December, 2008. IBL