HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 26227 OF 2009 Dated: 02-12-2009 Between: Telangana Lawyers’ Association, rep., by its General Secretary Sri D. Ram Reddy, S/o. D. Narayan Reddy, aged about 46 years, Occ; Adocate, r/o. 3-4-103/11, Radhakrishnanagar Colony, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad – 500 048 ... PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Chief Secretary, A.P Secretariat, Hyderabad and two others ... RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 26227 OF 2009 ORDER: (per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) 1. This Writ Petition is filed as a piece of public interest litigation by an Association called Telangana Lawyers’ Association, through its General Secretary Sri D.Ram Reddy, Advocate, for a Mandamus to declare the arrest of Sri K.Chandra Sekhar Rao, President, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on 29-11-2009 in Karimnagar District, as illegal and without sanction of law; and, consequently, direct the respondents to release the said detenue and pay damages of a sum of Rs.50,00,000/- (Rupees fifty lakhs only). 2. At the hearing, the Bench expressed its view that as the complaint pertains to the alleged illegal detention of the above mentioned person, it is the detenue, who is a proper person to question such detention; and that a Writ Petition in the form of public interest litigation cannot be entertained. 3. Sri S.Satyam Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, expressed the apprehension that the detenue may not be permitted to avail his legal remedies to question his arrest, by the State. 4. Allaying this apprehension, the learned Additional Advocate General- Sri A. Sudershan Reddy, has fairly submitted that if the learned advocate appearing for the petitioner wants to render his professional assistance to Sri K. Chandra Sekhar Rao and if Sri K. Chandra Sekhar Rao wants to have his assistance or assistance of any other Advocate, he or the concerned advocate shall be permitted to meet him for the purpose of rendering such assistance. 5. This statement of the learned Additional Advocate General is placed on record and the Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of with no order as to costs. 4. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP No. 34131 of 2009, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is disposed of as infructuous. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 02-12-2009 Ks/mnr Note: Furnish copy today. B/O ks