IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 23012 of 2007 Between: Pidakaka Bagajynarm S/o. Venakataraju, R/o.H.No. 15-47, Bapuji Colony, Polavaram Village and Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Convenor Ed-CET-2007, Ground Floor, Vijayanagar Palace, Pedawaltair, L.B. Colony Post, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Secretary, Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education, 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 will be pleased to issue Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS, declaring the action of the respondents in changing the eligibility criteria from 45% to 50% in respect of the Ed- CET -2007-2008 as illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the Notification issued by the 1st respondent dt. 30-3-2007 and consequently direct the respondents to consider the representation dt. 16-10-2007 and permit the petitioner to appear for the counseling scheduled to be held on 2-11-2007 and to grant such relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.L.RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.V.RAJA RAM The Court made the following: Oral Order: Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition. Recording the submission, the writ petition is dismissed as ‘withdrawn’. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J Dated: 26-02-2008 Pvks/*