IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 17936 of 2004 Between: 1. Rajulapati Naga Venkata Satya Ramkumar, S/o. Prabhakara Rao, Flat No. 402, Keerthi Apartments, Anand Nagar, Colony, Erramanzil, Hyderabad. 2. Rajulapati Sashikala, W/o. Ramkumar, Flat No. 402, Keerthi Apartments, Anand Nagar, Colony, Erramanzil, Hyderabad. 3. Smt. P. Mahalakshmi, W/o. Rajeswara Rao, Flat No. 402, Keerthi Apartments, Anand Nagar, Colony, Erramanzil, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Director General of Police, Lakdi-ka-pool, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad, R.R. District. 3 The Circle Inspector of Police, Sananthnagar Police Station, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent and his subordinates in harassing the petitioners by compelling their presence in the Police Station, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad and conducting illegal searches by trespassing into their house without intimating the reasons and without registering any crime against them is illegal, arbitrary, erroneous, highhanded and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 3rd respondent not to harass the petitioners and their relatives, friends for one pretext or other without intimating the reasons. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.Y.V.RAVI PRASAD (Not present) Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR HOME The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: None appears for the petitioners. Heard the learned Government Pleader for Home appearing on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 3. This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the action of respondent No.3 and his subordinates in harassing the petitioners by compelling their presence in the police station, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad and conducting illegal searches by trespassing into their house without intimating the reasons and without registering any crime against them, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently to direct respondent No.3 not to harass the petitioners and their relatives without intimating the reasons. A counter-affidavit is filed on behalf of respondent No.3 denying the allegations made in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. The allegation that respondent No.3 and the police of Sanathnagar have been continuously harassing the petitioners by compelling their presence in the police station is totally false and hence denied. It is stated that respondent No.3 never called the petitioners to the police station and harassed them at any point of time. It is also stated that till date no complaint whatsoever has been received by respondent No.3 against the petitioners, and therefore, the question of calling the petitioners to the police station does not arise. In view of the above averments in the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of respondent No.3, no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. No costs. ______________ N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 26-4-2005 Svv ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Director General of Police, Lakdi-ka-pool, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad, R.R. District. 3 The Circle Inspector of Police, Sananthnagar Police Station, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad. 4. Two C.Cs. to the Government Pleader for Home, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. (O.U.T.) 5. Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}