THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO.12537 OF 2005 Date: 01.08.2005 Between: Shaik Siraz, S/o Shaik Abdul Salam, Nellore. …Petitioner and The Superintendent of Polcie, Nellore and another …Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO.12537 OF 2005 ORDER: The relief sought for in this writ petition is for a direction to the respondents (Superintendent of Police, Nellore, and the Station House Officer, IV Zone Police Station, Nellore) to declare the marriage conducted and performed by the Central Crime Station, Nellore, on 09.01.2005 between the petitioner and Atabaka Laxmi as null and void in the eye of law. The matter was posted today to enable the Government pleader to obtain instructions as to whether the respondents are in any manner interfering in these matrimonial disputes of the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the respondents have not interfered in the matter. Recording the said submission of the learned Counsel, no further directions are required to be issued in this regard. Suffice to state that the relief sought for in this writ petition is wholly misconceived. Neither do the respondents have the power to declare a marriage as null and void nor can such matters be examined in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The writ petition is wholly misconceived and is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date:01.08.2005 MRKR