IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.C.HARI RANI MONDAY, THE 26TH MAY 2008 / 5TH JYAISHTA 1930 WP(C).No. 8804 of 2008(S) ------------------------- OA.526/2007 of CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL,ERNAKULAM BENCH .................... PETITIONER: ------------ A.N.MOHANAN, AGED 56 YEARS, S/O.LATE A.K.NARAYANAN, ASSISTANT, REGIONAL PASSPORT OFFICE, COCHIN RESIDING AT ALAZHATA HOUSE' KADAVANTHRA P.O COCHIN 682 020. BY ADV. SRI.M.A.SHAFIK RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY FOREIGN SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, PATIALA HOUSE ANNEX, TILAK MARG, NEW DELHI. 2. THE ADDITIONAL SECRETARY (ADMINISTRATION), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, PATIALA HOUSE ANNEX, TILAK MARG, NEW DELHI - 110 001. 3. THE JOINT SECRETARY & CHIEF PASSPORT OFFICER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, CPV - DIVISION, NEW DELHI. BY ADV.SHRI P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR, ASST.S.G. ADV. SRI.T.SANJAY, CGC FOR R1 - R3 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & M.C.HARI RANI JJ. ----------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.8804 OF 2008 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 26th DAY OF MAY, 2008 J U D G M E N T Balakrishnan Nair, J. The petitioner prays for permission to withdraw the writ petition, as he proposes to move the CAT for review. The prayer is allowed and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the petitioner to challenge the impugned order of the CAT by filing a review before it. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR,JUDGE. M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE. dsn