The Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy Writ Petition No.21500 of 2007 Dated 15th June, 2010 Between: Devanaka Devender …Petitioner And The Superintendent of Police and 2 others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Mr.S.Lakshmi Narayana Reddy Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home The Court made the following: Order: At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties. The Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents, in opening and continuing rowdy sheet against the petitioner, as illegal and contrary to Police Standing Orders 741 and 742. The petitioner sought for a consequential declaration to the respondents to close the said rowdy sheet. In the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, it is inter alia stated that the petitioner is a rowdy element and is involved in as many as three criminal cases of which CC.No.330 of 1999 on the file of the Court of Judicial First Class Magistrate, Ramannapet, ended in a compromise before the Lok Adalat on 09-11- 1999. It is further stated that Crime No.506 of 2004 is pending trial in CC.No.202 of 2006 in the Court of the XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally, and another Crime being Crime No.12 of 2007 is also pending trial in CC.No.188 of 2007 in the Court of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Ramannapet. In my opinion, involvement of the petitioner in atleast three cases, out of which two cases are pending trial, would itself lend justification for the respondents to open a rowdy sheet against him and the same was justified by the respondents with reference to Police Standing Order No.601 of the A.P.Police Manual. Having regard to the above facts, I am of the opinion that opening and continuing the rowdy sheet against the petitioner cannot be said to be either illegal or unconstitutional. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. Liberty is however given to the petitioner to approach the respondents for closure of the rowdy sheet as and when the criminal cases pending against him are closed and he is acquitted therein. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.27882 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 15th June, 2010 lur