Date of reserved for orders : Date of pronouncement : 02.07.2026 Date of uploading : APHC010292332026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3332] THURSDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI WRIT PETITION NO: 15667/2026 Between: 1. P SAI PRASAD, S/O. LATE P. PEERAIAH, AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS, R/O. DOOR NO. 1600/84, 19-12/1-84/1, KESAVAYANAGUNTA, TIRUPATI, TIRUPATI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 517 501. 2. P. AUDITHYA,, S/O. P. SAL PRASAD AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, RIO. DOOR NO. 1600/84, 19-12/1,-84/1, KESAVAYANAGUNTA, TIRUPATI, TIRUPATI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 517 501. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, NEW DELHI - 110 001, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. THE STATE BANK OF INDIA, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, CORPORATE CENTRE, STATE BANK BHAVAN, MADAME CAMA ROAD, NARIMAN POINT, MUMBAI - 400 021. 3. THE STATE BANK OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY CHIEF MANAGER, TILAK ROAD BRANCH, NEAR THYAGARAJA MANDAPAM, TIRUPATI, TIRUPATI DISTRICT, ANDHRA 2 PRADESH - 517 501. 4. SMT A B MANJU BASHINI, W/O. LATE K. BRAHMAIAH, AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS, R/O D.NO. 208, DODDAPURAM STREET, TIRUPATI, TIRUPATI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH-517501 ...RESPONDENT(S): 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 the WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of the Respondents, more particularly the Respondent No.3 herein, in disbursing the amounts lying in the Term Deposits bearing (Account Nos. 41715037536, 41715085647 and 41720019019) and the Savings Bank Account bearing No. 10624621801 of the deceased Smt. A.B. Subhashini to Respondent No. 4, despite having received the Legal Notice dated 02.06.2025 specifically appraising about the subsisting succession dispute and rival claims over the estate of the deceased Smt. A.B. Subhashini and calling upon the Bank not to disburse the amounts lying in the said accounts pending adjudication of the rights of the parties and without issuing any reply on the objections raised therein before effecting such disbursement as being arbitrary, unreasonable, illegal, contrary to the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents to forthwith freeze and withhold the amounts disbursed to Respondent No. 4's Savings Bank Account bearing No. 10625869477, including the FDRs raised therefrom (FDR No. 44221892208 FDR No. 44221904906 FDR No. 44221893880 FDR No. 32727958880 FDR No. 42003689969) from encashment, withdrawal, transfer or alienation and/or pass IA NO: 1 OF 2026 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 to Direct the Respondents herein to forthwith freeze and withhold the amounts disbursed to Respondent No. 4's Savings Bank Account bearing No. 10625869477, including the FDRs raised therefrom (FDR No. 44221892208; FDR No. 44221904906; FDR No. 3 44221893880; FDR No. 32727958880; FDR No. 42003689969) from encashment, withdrawal, transfer or alienation and pass Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. KANDERI CHETHAN Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. M UMA DEVI (CENTRAL GOVT COUNSEL) The Court made the following: ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the present writ petition. Permission is accorded. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications, pending if any, shall stand closed. _____________________________ JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI Date: 02nd July, 2026 RKS Whether the order is: Speaking Reasoned Reportable Non-reportable