IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 24003 of 2007 Between: L.Bhupal Reddy, S/o.L.Narayana Reddy, R/o.Vanipakala,Chittyala(M), Nalgond District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Chityala P.S.Chityala(M), Nalgonda Dist Rep.by its Sub Inspector of Police. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Nalgonda,Nalgonda Dist. 3 The Govt.of A.P, Rep.by its Secretary, Home Department,Secretariat, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: NONE APPEARED Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent Nos.1 and 2, in acting on complaint dated 17-07-2006, of the petitioner, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, there is no representation for the petitioner. In his affidavit, the petitioner averred that he is an agriculturist; that one Lankala Vijayabhaskar Reddy, Sirimamila Aruna, W/o.Madhu, Lenkagala Raghavender Reddy and K.Satyanarayana threatened the petitioner’s farm servant not to help the petitioner in agricultural operations and; that on 16-07-2006 at about 2 p.m., all the said persons came in an auto and took the electric motor, pump, starter fuses, cable wire and kept the same in the house of Lankala Madhusudhan Reddy, Son of Papi reddy. It is further averred that on being informed by the farm servant about the said theft, the petitioner informed the same to respondent No.1, who, instead of taking action thereon, called the petitioner to the Police Station on 22-07-2006 and abused him in the presence of the above-mentioned persons, who took away his motor etc. The petitioner further averred that he gave complaints to the superior officers of respondent No.1 on 07-12-2006 and 31-07-2007, but no action has so far been taken. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, stated that the complaint given by the petitioner was entered in the General Diary on 18-07-2006, and the investigation conducted revealed that the accused were none other than the son and daughter of the complainant and that he gave the complaint in view of the internal family disputes. The learned Assistant Government Pleader further stated that the claim of the petitioner that the stolen articles were kept in the Police Station is not correct. In view of the statement made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, the Writ Petition is dismissed. If the petitioner seeks to pursue his complaint, he shall be free to avail his remedy under Section 190 read with Section 200 Cr.P.C. As a sequel to dismissal of the Writ Petition, WPMP.No.31267 of 2007 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. ____________________ (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) 25-04-2008 LUR