IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 27229 of 2008 Between: Hanumara Venkata Subba Rao S/o. Raghavendra Rao A.P.State Housing Corporation, Agrirapalli Village & Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary (Home), Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Krishna District at Machilipatnam. 3 Sri Pinnamaneni Venkateswara Rao S/o.Koteswara Rao Hon'ble Minister for Rural Development, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 Station House Officer, Nandivada Police Station, Krishna District. 5 Vemulapalli Venkateswara Rao @ Babu S/o. Chinna Kodanda Ramayya R/o. Nandivada, Krishna District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th respondents to produce petitioner eldest son Chaitanya Kumar before this Hon'ble Court and consequently direct them to handover my son to our care and custody. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.SUDHAKARA RAO AMBATI Counsel for the Respondent No.: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A. GOPAL REDDY AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO.27229 OF 2008 ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A. Gopal Reddy) In the counter affidavit filed by the Sub-Inspector of Police, Nandivada Police Station, 4th respondent herein it is stated that a case in Crime No.75 of 2008 has been registered under the head of ‘Man Missing’ on the complaint lodged by the father of the alleged detenu and now the alleged detenu is admitted in the hospital. Now, the learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the alleged detenu is hospitalized and no cause survives in the writ petition. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. _________________ (A. GOPAL REDDY, J.) _______________ (R. KANTHA RAO, J.) DECEMBER 29, 2008 TSR