@ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVISION BENCH CORAIVI: HON’BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, CJ. HON’BLE SHRI DHIRENDRA MISHRA, J. Wfit Petition No.4442 of 2005 PETITIONERS 1. Basant Adil Aged about 4O years S/o Late Shrf Ravidas Adi! Elected Member of Janpad Panchayat, Simga R/o Village Kukrachanda $a Janpad Panchayat Simga District " Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 2. Ravindra Soni aged about 51 years Slo Shri S. Soni R/o Village Hathband, Block & Tah. Slmga, Distt. Ralpur. 3. Harish Verma S/o Sudheram Verma, Age about 35 years, R/o village Ameri Tah. Simga, Distt. Raipur (6.6.) Versus RESPONDENTS 1. State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Department of Panchayat & Rural Development State of Chhattisgarh D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 2. Director of Public instructions, Chhattisgarh Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 3. Collector Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 4. District Education Officer, Simga District Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 5. Block Education Ofncer Simga District Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 6. Janpad Panchayat, Simga Through the Chief Executive Officer, District Raipur (Chhattisgarh) Mohan Dhikde, President, Janpad Panchayat Simga District Raipur (C.G.) 8. A.K. Shandilya, CEO Janpad Panchayat Simga, Raipur (C.G.) Petition under articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India Present : Shri Jitendra Pali, counsel for the petitioners. Shri Yashwant Singh Thakur, Dy AG for the State/ respondents No.1 to 5. Shri Santosh Bharat, counsel for respondents No.6 to 8. ORDER (22m February, 2008) The foilowing order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Shri Santosh Bharat, learned counsel for respondents No.6 to 8, placing reliance on the judgment of Apex Court in the case of Gurpal Sinqh Vs State of Puniab and others, reported in AER 2005 SC 2755, has raised a preliminary objection about the maintainability of the writ petition in the form of Public Interest ’ Litigation, in a service matter. 2) Shri Jitendra Pali, learned counsel for the petitioners in View of the ab0ve objection, seeks permission to withdraw the writ petition. 3) Permission granted. ii) The writ petition, therefore, is dismissed as withdrawn. ‘ - Sd/’~ // Sd/_ K Chief Justice Dhirendra Misnra ~. Judge padma i