IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 23949 of 1997 Between: P.B.Somayaji, S/o Chiranjeeva Rao, R/o Vijayawada, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Member Secretary, A.P. State Electricity Board, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 2. The Chief Engineer, Electricity A.P.S.E.B, Vjayawada Zone, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3. The Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, A.P.S.E.B. Vijayawada, Krishna 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 will be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ declaring that the action of the Respondents in denying the benefit of selection Grade post in the category of Lower Division Clerk with effect from 1-1-72 and consequent re-fixation of pay to the petitioner while granting such benefit to the junior, Sri K.V.Purnachandra Rao, is arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal and direct the Respondents to allow the benefit of selection grade post to the petitioner in the category of L.D.C. with effect from 1-1- 1972 and the consequential revised pay fixation with arrears and the consequential revised pay fixation with arrears and the computation of pension and other terminal benefits and grant such other relief as it deems fit in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondents: (SC FOR APTRANSCO)V.AJAY KUMAR The Court made the following ORDER: ORDER: The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner filed a letter dated 02.02.2005 before the Registry, seeking permission of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. ________________ B.Prakash Rao, J Date: 03.02.2005 va To 1. The Member Secretary, A.P. State Electricity Board, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 4. The Chief Engineer, Electricity A.P.S.E.B, Vjayawada Zone, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, A.P.S.E.B. Vijayawada, Krishna District. 6 Two CD Copies