IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 15355 of 1999 Between: A.Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Surayya Dora, R/o. Annavaram, E.G.District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Educational Officer, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 2 The Executive Officer-Correspondent, S.V.V.S.S. Devasthanam School, Annavaram, East 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 any order, direction or writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to sanction the special scale of pay under the Automatic Advancement Scheme after completion of 8 years of service w.e.f. 24-6-98 with all the consequential benefits including the arrears of pay after declaring the proceedings of the 1st Respondent in L.Dis.No. 63- C3/98, dt.23-3-99 holding that the petitioner is not eligible for special scale of pay under the Automatic Advancement Scheme after completion of 8 years of service as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.V.SESHAGIRI RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following: ORDER: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner filed a letter before the Registry on 27.12.2004 seeking permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. ________________ B. Prakash Rao, J 28th December, 2004 ka To 1 The District Educational Officer, Kakinada, East Godavari District. 2 The Executive Officer-Correspondent, S.V.V.S.S. Devasthanam School, Annavaram, East Godavari District. 3 2CCs to Government Pleader for School Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (OUT) 4 2CD copies