IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 20167 of 2008 Between: C.S Prasad Bai W/o C.N.Subash H.No.45-369/2 Durga Nagar Malkaj Giri,Secunderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep.by its Prl Secretary Home Department Secretariat Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner Police Hyderabad 3 The Principal Police Training Centre(College) Amberpet,Hyderabad .....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 a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Habeas Corpus by declaring the in action of the respondents in not ﬁnd out petitioners namely C.N Subash S/o. C.Narayana Das H.C 2802 age 57 yrs where about as illegal arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and violative of Article 14,19, and 21 of Constitution of India consequently direct the respondents to ﬁnd out petitioners husband namely C N Subash/C.Narayana Das H.No.2802 age 57 yrs produce him before Hon'ble Court set him liberty forthwith and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.CHALLA.SRINIVASA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: THE ADVOCATE GENERAL The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA And THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 20167 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: (per the HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA) Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Assistant Government Pleader, representing the learned Advocate General, appearing for the respondents. 2. The grievance of the petitioner, in this writ petition, is that her husband, by name Subhash, is missing from Police Training College, Amberpet, Hyderabad, while undergoing training for promotion to the post of Sub-Inspector of Police from the post of Head Constable and his whereabouts are not known and that the respondents are not taking proper steps to trace her husband. 3. On the contrary, in the counter aﬃdavit, ﬁled by the third respondent, who is principal of the said training college, it is stated that all reasonable steps have been taken to trace the whereabouts of the missing person and several steps like passing of information to all the police stations in the areas of Cyberabad and Hyderabad etc., and that the particulars of the missing person were also passed on to the media both on electronic and print and all the details have been mentioned regarding the steps taken to trace out the missing person, but no clue is received by the police. 4. The learned Assistant Government Pleader submits that attempts are still going on to trace out the missing person. 5. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, suﬃce it to close the writ petition, with a direction to the respondents to intensify the attempts/investigation to trace out the whereabouts of the missing person and report to this Court as and when the missing person is traced, through the Registrar (Judicial) of this Court. 6. With the above direction and observation, the writ petition is closed, at the stage of admission. No costs. ______________________ JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA ______________________ JUSTICE K.C.BHANU 25.09.2008 kvsn