IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2158 of 2008 Between: Baddi Satyanarayana & another. … Petitioners AND The Superintendent of Police, Visakhapatnam & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri P. Rajasekhar Counsel for the respondents : AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2158 of 2008 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in interfering with the petitioners’ personal life and liberty without following due process of law, as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. In their affidavit, the petitioners stated that there is a civil dispute between them and one Madagala Mulayya in respect of the land comprised in Sy.Nos.395/2, 395/3, 403/3, 403/4 and 403/5 of Koppugondapalem Village, Rambili Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, that the said land was acquired and they received compensation of Rs.40 lakhs through cheques. In connection with the said dispute, respondent Nos.2 and 3 have been harassing the petitioners by calling them to police station at the instance of the said person with whom they have disputes. In the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.2, it is stated as under: “It is pertinent to submit that no complaint whatsoever is received from any one against the petitioners herein and hence the question of summoning them to the police station does not arise. The dispute between the Madagala people and the petitioners is purely civil in nature and the respondent police have nothing to do with it. The local MLA never instructed the respondent police nor the respondent police acted on his instructions at any point of time. The respondents 2 and 3 never summoned the petitioners to the police station nor made them to sir in the station at any point of time. No case is registered as of now against the petitioners herein. To prevent the police from taking any action in future, if any complaint lodged against them, the petitioners seem to have filed the present writ petition.” The above-reproduced statement contained in the counter- affidavit is taken on record and the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. Liberty is given to the petitioners to initiate appropriate proceedings against respondent Nos.2 and 3, if in future they interfere with their life and liberty without following due process of law. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition as infructuous, WPMP.No.2764 of 2008 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 28.03.2008 ES