THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.17191 OF 2010 DT.19.07.2010 Between: Chadolu Sesharatnam …………….Petitioner Vs. The Superintendent of Police, Guntur and three others. ……………Respondents. O R D E R: The petitioner’s complaint is that notwithstanding the filing of a private complaint before the I Additional Munsif Magistrate, Narasaraopet, Guntur District, the police authorities are not investigating the offence in Cr.No.36 of 2010 of Narasaraopet Town Police Station and not causing the arrest of the accused. Inaction on the part of the police authorities in registering a crime or investigating the same properly is not amenable in the ordinary course to the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. The proper course, as indicated by the Supreme Court in SAKIRI VASU VS. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS[1], is for the complainant to approach the Magistrate concerned under Section 156 (3) Cr.P.C., who is empowered by the provision to monitor the investigature process so as to ensure proper investigation. As the matter is already seized by the concerned Magistrate, the petitioner ought to have pursued the matter before there instead of approaching this Court directly by way of this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed leaving it open to the petitioner to pursue his remedy before the Magistrate concerned under Section 156 (3) of Cr.P.C. No costs. __________________ SANJAY KUMAR J., Dt.19.07.2010 tjs [1] ) 2008 (2) SCC 409