APHC010279692018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] TUESDAY,THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 12506/2018 Between: 1. PANANGIPALLE VENKATA RAO, S/O. P. V. KRISHNA RAO, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, PENSIONER, R/O. FLAT NO. 101, SUSMITHA RESIDENCY, VUDA LAY OUT, MARRIPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM-530009 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE DISTRICT CO OP CENTRAL BANK LTD, Rep. by its Chief Executive Officer, NTR SAHAKARA BHAVAN, D.No. 58-14-57/1, VUDA LAY Out, MARRIPALEM, VISAKHAPATNAM-530009 ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. . Counsel for the Respondent: 1. V UMA DEVI The Court made the following: 2 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No.12506 OF 2018 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the following relief: “….to issue a Writ, or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in withholding payment of part of the Gratuity amount of Rs. 3,69,417/- to the petitioner and keeping it in Compulsory Cumulative Time Deposit without the consent of the petitioner and also retaining the deposit receipt with it as arbitrary, illegal and unlawful and consequently direct the respondent to pay the said amount with interest thereon at 24 percent Per annum from 3-12- 2015 being the date on which the respondent passed orders in Proc.Estt/SP.No.406/2015-16 dt. 3-12-2015 and pass…” 2. None appeared for the petitioner, though the matter is posted under the caption “for Dismissal”. There was no representation for the writ petitioner today as well as on the previous adjournments also. 3. Learned counsel representing for the respondent is in attendance. 4. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 05.08.2025 Pmk 3 17 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No:12506 OF 2018 Date: 05.08.2025 Pmk