IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13228 of 2004 Between: A.P. Express Media Service (P) Limited, having its Regd. Office at 19/20, Maturu Apartments, A.C. Guards, Hyderabad - 500 004. Rep. by its Managing Director, Mr. A. Lakshminarayana S/o A. Laxminarasaiah, aged 49 years, R/o Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, General Administration ( Information & Public Relations-I), Dept, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad - 500 022. 2 The Commissioner of Information and Public Relations, Opp: Mahavir Hospitals, Government of A.P., Hyderabad - 500 004. 3 Sri Shabbir Ali, Hon'ble Minister for Information & Public Relations, Government of A.P., Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad - 500 022. .....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 issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent in directing termination of services of the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and interdict the respondents from giving effect to the impugned communication No. 148/P.S. to M (I&PR)/2004 dated 7-7-2004 issued under the instruction of the 3rd respondent Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.PANNALA.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 13228 of 2004 O R D E R: It is represented by Sri Pannala Srinivasa Rao, advocate, that he has given up vakalath two years ago and he is no more concerned with this matter. No other learned counsel has entered appearance for the petitioner and there is no representation for the petitioner when the matter is called. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI,J Date: 04-12-2008 KLP