IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13632 of 2006 Between: Ch.Krishnamurthy, s/o Ch.Rama Rao, Retired under Voluntary Retirement Scheme, The Federation of Seri Culturists and Silk Weavers' Cooperative Society Limited (SERIFED) R/o Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of Andhra Pradesh rep., by its Principal Secretary (APC) Agriculture & Cooperation Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Federation of Seri Culturists and Silk Weavers' cooperative Society Limited (SERIFED) rep. by its Managing Director, Jubilee Hills, Road No.72, Prasasan Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Near Water Tank, Hyderabad. .....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: a) declaring the action of respondents in not releasing the Voluntary Retirement Scheme Package amount to the petitioner and also declare the action of respondents in continuing the disciplinary proceedings even after my retirement as arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution of India; b) Direct the respondents to release the VRS package amount to the petitioner and further direct the respondents not to proceed with the disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner after retirement; c) further direct the respondents to refrain from any further action in pursuance to the charge memo dated 22-5-2006 and pass such other or further order or orders as are deemed ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR AGRICULTURE MR. T.S. BHASKAR RAO The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13632 OF 2006 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner addressed a letter, dated 25.09.2008, 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 In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.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 29th September, 2008. IBL