IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6947 of 2008 Between: M.S. Chandraiah … Petitioner AND The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chikkadpalli Zone, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri E.V. Bhagiratha Rao Counsel for respondent No.1: AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6947 of 2008 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent No.1 in registering and investigating into complaints dated 15.03.2007 and 03.02.2008 of the petitioner, as illegal and arbitrary. In his affidavit, the petitioner alleged that more than one year back, respondent Nos.2 and 3 insulted him by abusing in the name of his caste. He further alleged that respondent No.2 threatened the petitioner to give a false complaint against him stating that he tried to molest her and respondent No.3 was intentionally defecating in front of his office in Tirumala Towers Complex and that he gave complaint on 12.03.2007 to respondent No.1 apart from giving complaint to the Station House Officer, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. He also alleged that since no action was taken on the said complaint, he sent another complaint on 03.02.2008 through registered post to respondent No.1. The petitioner’s grievance is that no action has been taken on the same. Heard Sri E.V.Bhagiratha Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. From the facts narrated hereinabove, the only grievance of the petitioner is that despite his filing written complaints, the police have not been registering a crime against respondent Nos.2 and 3. Under Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has a right to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate with a private complaint, if police are refusing to register the complaint given by him. In Aleque Padamsee and others v. Union of India and others[1] the Supreme Court held as under: “1. If any person is aggrieved by the inaction of the police officials in registering the FIR, the modalities contained in Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code are to be adopted and observed. 2. It is open to any person aggrieved by the inaction of the police officials to adopt the remedy in terms of the aforementioned provisions.” Since the petitioner has an effective alternative remedy, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. Liberty is given to the petitioner to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate with a private complaint. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.9097 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is also dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 01.04.2008 ES [1] (2007) 6 SCC 171