IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 17740 of 2005 Between: 1 B. Arlamma W/o. Late Anthaiah, R/o. J.P. Cheruvu Village, Racharla Mandal, Prakasam District, 2 B. Kiran Kumar S/o. Late Anthaiah R/o. J.P. Cheruvu Village, Racharla Mandal, Prakasam District, ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Superintendent of Police, Prakasam District at Ongole, 2 Divisional Superintendent of Police, Markapur Divisional Office, Markapur, Prakasam District, 3 Sub-Inspector of Police, Peddaraveedu Police Station, Peddaraveedu, Prakasam District, 4 Sub-Inspector of Police, Racharla Police Station, Racharla, Prakasam 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 of WRIT OF MANDAMUS or any other appropriate writ, order or direction declaring the high handed action of the respondents 2 to 4 herein and their personnel in interfering with petitioners life and liberty and harassing the petitioners by regularly visiting their residence and threatening them with dire consequences as illegal arbitrary unconstitutional and violative of principles of natural justice and for a consequently direct the Respondents not to harass interfering with their life and personal liberty and to pass such further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.V.L.MURHTY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioners seek to issue a writ of mandamus declaring the high handed action of the respondents 2 to 4 and their personnel in interfering with their life and liberty, harassing and threatening with dire consequences without there being any complaint against them, as illegal and arbitrary. A counter has been filed by the 4th respondent stating that the respondents never visited the house of the petitioners at any point of time and the petitioners are not required in any case and as on date no case is pending or registered on the files of the Station House Officers, Police Stations, Peddaraveedu and Racharla i.e. respondents 3 and 4. It is further stated that all the allegations made in the writ petition are denied. In view of the averments made in the counter filed by the 4th respondent, I am of the opinion that it cannot be said that the police are interfering with the personal life and liberty of the petitioners. Further, the disputed questions of fact cannot be gone into this writ petition. Hence, the writ petition is devoid of merit and is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. Date:24.04.2008 Ccm To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}