THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 19614 of 2006. DATED: 15-11-2006 Between: Karnataka Road Lines, represented by its Manager, Basavaraj Lakka, Hyderabad. …Petitioner and The Superintendent of Police, Prakasam District at Ongole and another. …Respondents. W.P.No.19652 of 2006. Between: Mahendra Road Lines, represented by its Manager Basavaraj Lakka, Hyderabad. …Petitioner and The Superintendent of Police, Prakasam District at Ongole and another. …Respondents. W.P.No.19692 of 2006 Between: Mahendra Road Lines, represented by its Manager Basavaraj Lakka, Hyderabad. …Petitioner and The Superintendent of Police, Prakasam District at Ongole and another. …Respondents. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.Nos. 19614, 19652 and 19692 of 2006. Common order: The grievance in these writ petitions is regarding the lethargic investigation in Crime Nos. 76 of 2006 on the file of P.S. Martur, Prakasam District, 50 of 2006 on the file of P.S. Dhone, Kurnool District and 335 of 2006 on the file of P.S.Shadnagar, Mahabubnagar District respectively. The 2nd respondent has filed a counter-affidavit stating that after the registration of the crime, the investigation has been taken up and a number of witnesses were examined and their statements were recorded and clues have not yet been traced to identify the perpetrators of the theft. The answering respondent states that every effort would be taken to complete the investigation expeditiously. The complaint in all these three cases is of theft. No case is made out to conclude that the respondents-police have not investigated the registered crimes with the requisite amount of expedition, given the numerous constraints on their powers of investigation including the limited number of police personnel available for investigation. 1 In the aforesaid circumstances, no case is made out for interference. The writ petitions are accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J 15th November, 2006. GRR