IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 17778 of 2008 Between: Tadigudi Anasuya Alias Suramma W/o. Anthiah R/o. Guraja (V) Mudinepalli (M) Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Manager, Swadara Home Kandukuri Veeresalingam Educational Welfare Society, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 2 Station House Officer, Poduru Police Station Poduru, West Godavari District. 3 Additional District Probation Officer Narasapuram, West Godavari District. 4 The Superintendent of Police Eluru, West Godavari District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly writ in the nature of writ of Mandamus and to declare the action of respondents in detaining petitioner's daughter (Viz. Dasari Lakshmi Durga) in the Ist respondent society as illegal, arbitrary, and violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct respondents to give interim custody of the victim (Dasari Lakshmi Durga to her parents) to the petitioner and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR. B.P.RAJU Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.17778 OF 2008 ORDER : Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondents. As could be seen from the material on record, similar application for custody of the victim made by her elder sister was dismissed by the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Palakole, West Godavari District and the same was conﬁrmed on appeal by the Court of the Principal Sessions Judge, West Godavari at Eluru. The petitioner herein claims to be the mother of the victim. If that be so, it is always open to her to make an appropriate application before the learned Magistrate having jurisdiction, in which event after making necessary enquiry appropriate orders would be passed. Accordingly, leaving it open to the petitioner to move an application before the learned Judicial Magistrate having jurisdiction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J. Dt. 02.09.2008 gbs