THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 23228 of 2006 O R D E R: (Per the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) This writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to make efforts to find about the whereabouts of the son of the petitioner, namely, Avula Thirupathaiah. The case of the petitioner is that his son left her house without intimation on 4.4.2004. He suffers from lunacy during the full moon days and during eclipse. She came to know through one Narsimha that he saw the son of the petitioner at Thandur and subsequently some Vaddera people informed her that they saw him at Lungerhouse. She gave complaint to the police. However, the respondents have not been able to trace her son and she does not know as to what efforts the respondents have put in to trace her son and therefore a direction may be issued to the respondents to trace the whereabouts of her son. The 3rd respondent – Inspector of Police, Panjagutta Police Station, Hyderabad filed counter affidavit stating a case in Cr.No. 926 of 2006 under the head ‘Man Missing’ was registered and investigation is taken up. During the course of investigation, the statements of the petitioner as well as her husband were recorded and the message was flashed on VHF Set to all the surrounding police stations in twin cities and Cyberabad Commissionerate. A constable was also deputed to cause enquiries with the villagers of Manganur, Bijinepalli police station limits of Mahabubnagar District but none of them gave information with regard to the alleged detenu. The information with regard to the missing person was published in the news papers like Eenadu and Andhra Jyothi along with the photograph and the information was telecast in Doordarshan on 25.11.2006 with the descriptive particulars and photograph of the missing person, but to no avail. All the suspected places are being searched and hectic efforts are continued to trace the whereabouts of the son of the petitioner. In view of the averments made in the counter affidavit that the respondents are taking all possible steps to trace the whereabouts of the son of the petitioner, this Court is of the considered view that a direction can be given to the respondents to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the respondents to complete the investigation as expeditiously as possible in accordance with law. T. MEENA KUMARI, J. G. CHANDRAIAH, J. Date: 12-04-2007. MVB.