APHC010396612016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE 3459 PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM WRIT PETITION No.13007 OF 2016 Between: 1. HPCL EMPLOYEES UNION, AFFILIATED TO CENTRE OF INDIAN TRADE UNIONS, RECOGNISED UNION, HPCL, VISAKH REFINERY, VISAKHAPATNAM - 530 011, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY K.N.SATYANARAYANA. ...PETITIONER AND 1. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT/SHRAM AUR ROZGAR MANTRALAYA, IR (IMP-I), SHRAM SHAKTI BHAWAN, RAFI MARG, NEW DELHI. 2. THE CHIEF LABOUR COMMISSIONER (C), MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, 103, SHRAM SHAKTI BHAVAN, RAFI MARG, NEW DELHI - 110 001. 3. DEPUTY CHIEF LABOUR COMMISSIONER (C), GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT, OFFICE OF THE DY. CHIEF LABOUR COMMISSIONER (C), ATI CAMPUS, VIDYA NAGAR, OPP: SHIVAM TEMPLE, HYDERABAD - 500 007. 4. ASSISTANT LABOUR COMMISSIONER, VISAKH REFINERY, VISAKHAPATNAM - 530 011. 5. HPCL VISAKH REFINERY, VISAKHAPATNAM - 530 011, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. 6. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT/SHRAM AUR ROZGAR JS,J WP No.13007/2016 2 MANTRALAYA, IR (IMP-I), SHRAM SHAKTI BHAWAN, RAFI MARG, NEW DELHI. Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the Proceedings issued by the 1st Respondent in F.No.L- 52025/37/2014-IR (Imp-I), dated 18.09.2015 as illegal, arbitrary, opposed to the public policy and code of democracy adopted by the Constitution of India, consequently direct the Respondents to conduct elections for the verification of the recognized union in the 5th Respondent State Owned Company through Secret Ballot System by further declaring conducting elections through check off system is illegal, unconstitutional and violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India and contrary to the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in 1991 Supplementary 1 SCC 305. IA No.1 OF 2016 (WPMP 16284 OF 2016) Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased direct the Respondents to conduct elections for verification process of the recognized union through Secret Ballot System in the 5th Respondent State Owned Company henceforth, pending disposal of the Writ Petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. PRAKASH BUDDARAPU Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR (SC FOR CENTRL GOVT) 2. THOOM SRINIVAS 3. SURESH KUMAR ROUTHU (SENIOR PANEL COUNSEL) 4. A V S LAXMI The Court made the following: JS,J WP No.13007/2016 3 ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner addressed a letter, dated 25.09.2025, to the Registrar (Judicial), stating that he received a letter, dated 20.06.2025, from his client asking him to withdraw the Writ Petition, and as such seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the Writ Petition. Permission is accorded. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE SUMATHI JAGADAM Date: 26.09.2025 DSH