IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 22935 of 2002 BETWEEN: Dantuluri Venkata Rama Raju s/o late Janki Rama Raju R/o Door No. 45-58-18/1/10, Flat No. 2D, SLN Towers, Narasmihanagar, Visakhapatnam ... PETITIONER AND 1 S. Suryanarayana Reddy Venkateshwara Finance 47-9-3, Dwaraka nagar, III Lane, Visakhapatnam. 2 Appalnaidu, C/o Sri chandra Finance 33-14-304/1, Opp ramalaya Temple, Allipuram Main Road visakhapatnam 3 M. Eshwara Rao, C/o Sri chandra Finance 33-14-304/1, Opp ramalaya Temple, Allipuram Main Road visakhapatnam 4 K.V.S. Narayana, 30-15-41, Top Floor, Langa street, Daba Gardens, Visakhapatnam 5 K.V. R. Satyanarayana, Lecla Plaza 30-15-41, Pot Floor, Langa Daba Gardens, Visakhapatanm 6 Veera Raghava Reddy, Venkateshwara Finance 47-9-3, Dwaraka Nagar, III Lane, Visakhapatnam-20 7 M. Seetaramaiah, Anupama Hotel, Opp RTC Complex, Asillimetta Junction, Visakhapatanam. 8 Palladugu Damodher, Apoorva Arcade, Makka Masjid Street, Maharanipeta, Visakhapatnam. 9 Kosa Raju Shivaram Prasad, D. No. 18/178, Near VUDA Apartments, H.B. Colony, Seetammadara, Visakhapatnam 10 The Station House Officer, IV Town Law and Order Police Station, visakhapatnam 11 B.D. V. Sagar Inspector of Police, IV Town Law and Order Police Station, Visakhapatnam 12 M.V. Ramana Rao Inspector of Police Crimes IV Town Law and Order Police Visakhapatnam ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ or mandamus to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 10 to 12 in forcing the petitioner to approach their and violative of the human rights as well as my fundamental rights of the petitioner and consequently direct the respondents 10 to 12 not to harass the petitioner by summoning petitioner to the police station for the purpose of settling the civil disputes that may be in between his wife and respondents 1 to 9 and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SRINIVASA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents 10 to 12: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioner seeks a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents 10 to 12 – SHO and two Inspectors of Police, who are impleaded by name, of IV Town Law and Order Police Station, Visakhapatnam in forcing him to approach their police station as illegal and to direct them not to harass him by summoning him to the police station for settling the civil disputes between his wife and the unofficial respondents 1 to 9. 2. Counter has been filed stating that on a complaint made by the unofficial respondents with regard borrowing of money by the petitioner and his wife from them at the time of their daughter’s marriage and the same not being repaid, a case has been registered but as the contents of the complaint revealed that it is a civil dispute relating to realization of money, no criminal action was contemplated on the said complaint. It is stated that the petitioner was never called to the police station for settling the civil disputes. 3. In view of the categorical statements made in the counter affidavit filed by the tenth respondent, I am of the opinion that no further orders are required to be passed in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J April 2, 2008 DSK