New Delhi, July 6 -- The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with an order of the Bombay High Court directing the removal of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj from land belonging to the Mormugao Port Authority.

As a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Justice Sheel Nagu was not inclined to pass a favourable order, the petitioners chose to withdraw the case and the same was dismissed as withdrawn.

It, however, gave the petitioners liberty to move an appropriate application before the High Court to seek a variance of its order.

"Counsel appearing for the petitioners seeks to withdraw the present Special Leave Petition. Permission is granted. The Special Leave Petition is, accordingly, dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file a...