IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO.1157 OF 2008 DATED:06.09.2010 Between: Meda Srinivas @ Srinivasa Rao … Petitioner And The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary Home Department, Secretariat Hyderabad and another … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO.1157 OF 2008 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in harassing and torturing the petitioner by keeping in illegal detention in Kovvur Town Police Station, West Godavari District, from 11.12.2007 to 13.12.2007, without there being any complaint or any criminal case registered against him, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. According to the petitioner, the respondents highhandedly and illegally detained him in Town Police Station, Kovvur, West Godavari District, from 11.12.2007 to 13.12.2007 humiliating and torturing him, without there being any allegations or registering any criminal case against him. The petitioner is a hotelier. Since he is an active worker of a political party, his opponents, unable to digest his participation and name in the party, hatched a plan to harass him. It appears, according to the petitioner, there were some differences between senior political leaders and himself in the party and therefore he was constrained to file a representation before the respondents on 29.7.2005 requesting them to provide protection to him and to take action against his opponents who are illegally acting against his interest. In fact, a case in Crime No.299 of 2005 was registered on 31.7.2005 at Rajahmundry III-Town Police Station. As a counter blast, the petitioner is being harassed and a rowdy sheet was opened against him basing on false complaints. Therefore, he had filed W.P. No.23728 of 1999, questioning the said rowdy sheet and the same was allowed by this Court by order dt.31.7.2001 setting aside the rowdy sheet opened against him. On 11.12.2007 at about 8.30 p.m., while the petitioner was travelling in his car, fifth respondent – Sub- Inspector of Police along with his staff came in a jeep and stopped the car near Vadapalli and highhandedly taken the petitioner to police station without informing anything and without giving an opportunity to enquire as to why he was taken into custody. Within five minutes after reaching the Police Station, fourth respondent – Deputy Superintendent of Police called him into his room and threatened him saying that the petitioner kidnapped a girl and taking her and abused him in filthy language etc. There is no necessity of going into all the details. Now, the case of the petitioner is that he made a representation before the respondents on 14.12.2007 ventilating his grievance to initiate criminal proceedings and departmental action against respondents 4 to 8. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider the representation purported to have been filed by the petitioner on 14.12.2007 ventilating his grievance, and take appropriate action as per law, including initiating penal proceedings, if necessary, and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. _______________________ (C.V. RAMULU, J) 06.09.2009 bnr