IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.16597 of 2010 BETWEEN Avata Mehar Baba Charitable Trust. ... PETITIONER AND The Superintendent of Police, Karimnagar and two others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. MOHD. ASIFUDDIN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following order: ORDER: The petitioner-trust assails the action of the respondent police authorities in not taking action on its representation dated 19.06.2010 and seeks a consequential direction to safeguard the temple and its property in Tettakunta Village, Vemulawada Mandal, Karimnagar District, by giving necessary police protection. 2. The inaction on the part of the police, if any, is not reason enough for this Court to entertain the present writ petition. The proper course for the petitioner in the event of such inaction is to approach the proper authority under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioner can either invoke Section 154(3) or Section 156(3) Cr.P.C to seek necessary directions for causing proper investigation into it’s complaint. 3. In the light of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in SAKIRI VASU v. STATE OF U.P.[1], a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is not the proper remedy in the event the police do not register the complaint or do not properly investigate into an alleged offence. The proper procedure is to invoke the alternate remedy available i.e. to approach the Superintendent of Police under Section 154(3) and/or the concerned Magistrate under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Without availing such remedy, the petitioner herein approached this Court directly. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the threshold leaving it open to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy under the Cr.P.C. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ SANJAY KUMAR, J July 13, 2010 DSK [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409