IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.19974 of 2004 Between: Etakala Chandramma, W/o Etakala Bhikshapathy, R/o H.No. 3-24, Pedda Amberpet, Hayathnagar, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND Station House Officer, Hayathnagar Police Station, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENT 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 , direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order or direction to the Respondent to do appropriate investigation and necessary action on the complaint lodged by the Petitioner dated 3-9-2004 in the interest of justice, Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.SARAVANA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.19974 of 2004 ORDER: None appears. No counter is filed. The petitioner seeks to issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in not registering crime against one Mr.Mohammad, pursuant to the complaint, dated 03-09-2004, as illegal and arbitrary. Whenever any written intimation has been made by the complainant alleging that cognizable offence has been committed and if no crime is registered by the concerned Station House Officer, there is an effective alternative remedy under the code of criminal procedure for filing private complaint under Section 190 read with Section 200 Cr.P.C. before the Magistrate concerned. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. However, it is open for the petitioner to approach concerned Criminal Court for filing private complaint. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 24-04-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{AVLR}