IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 17378 of 2009 Between: Banala Srinivas . .Petitioner And The Station House Officer, IV Town Police Station, Nizamabad. .. Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.17378 OF 2009 ORDER: The petitioner filed this Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not registering the crime as illegal and unconstitutional. 2) According to the petitioner, when he approached the respondent and submitted a complaint dated 11.08.2009 with a request to register the same as a crime and when the respondent refused to register the same, he approached this Court and filed this writ petition. At this stage, this Court was pleased to direct the Assistant Government Pleader to get instructions from the respondent. 3) The Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submits that the respondent police registered a case in Crime No.253 of 2009 against the accused therein for the offences punishable under Sections 420 and 506 of IPC. 4) In the light of the said subsequent development, this Court is of the view that no further orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. 5) Accordingly, the Writ Petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) August 28, 2009 KSH