IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8029 of 2008 Between: Macha Veerendra Babu S/o. Late M.V. Veeraiah R/o. H.No. 29-168/1, New Vidya Nagar, Neredmet, Malkajguri, R.R.District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Station House officer, Neredmet Police Station, Neredmet, Malkajgiri, R.R.District. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.J.SOMASUNDARAM Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in interfering in civil dispute pertaining to house property bearing No.29- 168/1, Vidyanagar, Neredmet Village, Malkajgiri, Ranga Reddy District, as arbitrary and illegal. The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to the respondent not to dispossess him from the said house. Heard Sri J.Somasundaram, learned Counsel for the petitioner, and perused the record. In his affidavit, the petitioner averred that after the death of his father, his sister instigated his mother, and both of them joined to file O.S.No.1954 of 2007 for partition, and the same is pending before the II Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ranga Reddy District; that on the complaint given by his sister against the petitioner and his wife, the respondent registered Crime No.409 of 2007 under Sections 447 and 506 of IPC and; that he filed Criminal petition No.6459 of 2007, seeking quashing of the said proceedings, in this Court which is allegedly pending. The petitioner alleged that in the guise of investigation into the Criminal Case, the respondent is calling him to the Police Station and harassing. The petitioner also sought for a direction to the respondent to protect his possession over the above-mentioned property. In view of the fact that the petitioner has already approached this Court by way of Criminal Petition No.6459 of 2007, seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings, I am not inclined to grant any directions in this Writ Petition. In my considered view, filing of this Writ Petition has only resulted in multiplicity of proceedings, inasmuch as the Criminal Petition seeking quashing of the criminal case is already pending in this Court, and the petitioner is not precluded from seeking such orders as he is entitled to in law, in the said Criminal Petition. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to file appropriate application in the above-mentioned Criminal Petition. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.10576 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed. ______________________ (C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, J) 15th April, 2008 lur