IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO: 15186 of 2000 Between: 1. NTPC. Simhadri Thermal Power Contract Workers’ Union Congress, Nadupur, Visakhapatnam 530044 rep By its General Secretary, Neerukonda Ramachandra Rao. 2. P. Ranga Rao. 3. P. Rama Rao. 4. S. Anand Reddy 5. D.A. Badatya 6. A. Suri Babu 7. Ch. Deenabandhu 8. M. Sekhar 9. P. Dharma Rao 10. S. Ramachandra Rao. 11. B. Dilli Rao 12. G. Nookaraju 13. B. Appa Rao 14. N. Vasudev 15. K. Srinivasa Rao. 16. G. Ramana 17. P. Appalla Satyam 18. B. Atchi Babu 19. S. Dhana Raju 20. Indrajit Nabik 21. T. Satyanarayana 22. S.V. Ramana 23. D. Venkataramana Murthy 24. K.S. Sugathan 25. K.Kurma Rao 26. T. Srinivasa Rao 27. Amarapinni Babu Rao 28. R.Chanti 29. S. Dhananjaya Reddy 30. L. Renu Reddy 31. G. Kunchalu 32. R. Bhupathi Rao 33. Manoj Kumar Muduli 34. D. Ramana 35. A Surya Rao 35. P. Simhachalam Naidu 37. A. Satyamurthi 38. Kamlesh Singh 39. A. Rama murthy 40. D. Jagga Rao ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. Regional Joint Commissioner of Labour, Zone I Govt of AP, Visakhapatnam 530017. 2. National Thermal Power Corporation rep by its General Manager, Simhadri Thermal Power Project, Parawada, Visakhapatnam 531 021 3. BHE Limited, Nandam, Anna Salai, Chennai 600035. 4. Mukand Engineers Limited, rep by its Managing Partner, NTPC Simhadri Project, Parawada, Visakhapatnam 531 021. 5. Mammen Engineering Works, rep. By its Proprietor, NTPC Simhadri Project, Parawada, Visakhapatnam 531 021. ... 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, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in seizing the identity cards and gate pases thereby denying the rights of petitioners of employment, till the petitioners are lawfully retrenched by 2nd respondent, upon the expiry of the subsisting contract upon completion of project, as bad, illegal and contrary to the provisions of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1971 apart from being violative of Articles 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and pass such other or further orders as are deemed fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.J.RAMACHANDRA RAO Counsel for the Respondent: MR.K.SRINIVASAMURTHY FOR R2 DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR FOR R4 & 5 MR.P.KAMLAKAR FOR R3 GP FOR LABOUR FOR R1 The Court made the following Order: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioners filed a letter seeking permission of this Court to withdraw the Writ Petition on the instructions obtained from his clients. 2. In view of the said letter addressed by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. _____________________ (V. ESWARAIAH, J) July 19, 2004 MRR/TS Copy to: 1. Regional Joint Commissioner of Labour, Zone I Govt of AP, Visakhapatnam 530017. 2. General Manager National Thermal Power Corporation, Simhadri Thermal Power Project, Parawada, Visakhapatnam 531 021 3. BHE Limited, Nandam, Anna Salai, Chennai 600035. 4. Two C.D. Copies. 5. Two C.C s to the Government Pleader for Labour, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (O.U.T)