IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.Y. SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO.8818 of 2004 Between: K. V. Rama Krishna Rao, S/o K.V. Ranga Rao, Hindu, R/o. Narsapuram, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle, Eluru, West Godavari District. 2 The Pay & Accounts Officer, Drainage Schemes, Eluru, West Godavari 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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in proposing to recover seigniorage charges already paid by the petitioner in respect of his work contract covered under Agreement No. 20/2001-2002 entered into with the 1st respondent as illegal, arbitrary and without authority of law and consequently direct the respondents to settle the petitioner's bills and pay the same forthwith. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.SIVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEVELOPMENT. The Court made the following: ORDER: In view of the letter dated 17.02.2005 of the learned counsel for the petitioner seeking permission to withdraw the writ petition, the writ petition is dismissed as ‘withdrawn’. No costs. _________________ C.Y. SOMAYAJULU, J. Date: 21.02.2005 Nsr ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Superintending Engineer, Panchayat Raj Circle, Eluru, West Godavari District. 2 The Pay & Accounts Officer, Drainage Schemes, Eluru, West Godavari District. 3 Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT) 4 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}