IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7138 of 2004 Between: 1 M.Sankar Rao, S/o Venkaiah, GDCC Bank, Prattipadu Branch, Prattipadu Mandalam, Guntur District. 2 Peddi Narasimha Rao, S/o Satyanarayana, GDCC Bank, Prattipadu Branch, Prattipadu Mandalam, Guntur District. 3 M.Sambasiva Rao, S/o Ramakotaiah, GDCC Bank, Koritepadu Branch, Koritepadu, Guntur District. 4 E.L.Narasimha Rao, S/o Subba Rao, GDCC Bank, ADM Office, Guntur. 5 M.S.Prasad, S/o Suryanarayana, GDCC Bank, Prattipadu Branch, Prattipadu Mandalam, Guntur District. 6 G.V.P.Pattabhi Rama Rao, S/o Radhakrishna Murthy, GDCC Bank, Pedakurapadu Branch, Pedakurapadu Mandalam, Guntur District. 7 Ch.Venkateswarlu, S/o Kantikotaiah, GDCC Bank, Krosuru Branch, Krosuru Mandalam, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh rep.by the Secretary to Government, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Grihakalpa, Hyderabad-3. 3 The Guntur District Cooperative Central Bank Ltd. rep.by its General Manager, Administrative Office, Guntur. .....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 an Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus: a) Declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in issuing Proceedings dated 19-4-2003, cancelling the benefit of weightage increments sanctioned to the petitioners as arbitrary, illegal and without authority of law; b) Consequently declare that the petitioners are entitled to the benefit of an increment for 3 years of completed service, subject to a maximum of 3 increments for the service rendered by them in the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society as granted to the petitioners pursuant to the Resolution No.127 dated 22-7-2000 of the Management Board of the 3rd respondent Bank and c) Consequently direct the respondents to release all the benefits including the amounts with held as due to by the respondents. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.SIVA Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 & 2 : GP FOR AGRICULTURE Counsel for Respondent No.3 : MR.VENKATESWARLU POSANI The Court made the following : ORDER : Learned counsel for petitioners seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded, and the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 20th March 2009. N.B: Furnish C.C. in three days. (b/o) ajr