THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.24123 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner purchased the land of an extent of Acs.11.32 cents situated in Survey Nos.73/1 and 73/2 of Chinajaggampet Village, Gollaprolu Mandal, Prattipadu Sub-Division of East Godavari District, from the fourth respondent and ever since the said purchase, the petitioner is in peaceful possession of the entire extent of the land. It appears that on coming to know that the fourth respondent fraudulently registered the very same land in favour of respondent Nos.5 to 8 vide different documents registered by the Sub-Registrar, Prattipadu on 24.01.2009, the petitioner filed a private complaint before the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate, Pitapuram, who in turn, referred the same to the police under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. Upon such reference, the police, Pitapuram Police Station registered a case in Crime No.17 of 2009 against the unofficial respondents in the month of April, 2009. Subsequently, on the point of jurisdiction, the police, Prattipadu Police Station registered the same as a case in Crime No.136 of 2009 on 23.09.2009 for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 120-B and 165 IPC. However, as there is no progress in the investigation, the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. Heard. When a crime has been registered, a duty is cast upon the police officials to investigate the matter and submit a final report/charge sheet before the Magistrate concerned at the earliest. Now, in the present case, the crime has been registered as early as in September, 2009. Therefore, this Court directs the official respondents to complete the investigation in Crime No.136 of 2009 and submit a final report/charge sheet before the Magistrate concerned, within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 9th NOVEMBER, 2009. Note: issue c.c. in five (5) days. kvni