IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.2722 of 2009 Between: K. Manoj Kumar … Petitioner And The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep., by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri T.C.D. Sekhar Counsel for respondents 1-3: AGP for Home Counsel for respondent No.5: Smt. J. Vijayalakshmi Counsel for respondent No.6: Sri M. Ramu This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.2722 of 2009 ORDER:- Feeling aggrieved by the inaction of respondent No.3 in registering complaint dated 29.01.2009 of the petitioner against respondent Nos.5 and 6, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. Respondent Nos.3 and 5 filed separate counter-affidavits. However, it is not necessary for this Court to delve into the contents of the same, because, at the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on the basis of the contents of the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.3, submitted that crime was registered on receiving the complaint from the petitioner on 31.01.2009 and investigation is still pending. Sri T.C.D. Sekhar, learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submitted that the police have not registered the crime as per the contents of the complaint given by the petitioner and that they have been showing biased attitude in seeking to favour respondent Nos.5 and 6. I am afraid, this grievance of the petitioner cannot be addressed in this writ petition, because as held by the Supreme Court in Aleque Padamsee and others Vs. Union of India and others[1] if the police did not register a complaint or no proper action is taken on the complaint of an aggrieved person, such a person has a remedy to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate with a private complaint under Section 190 read with Section 200 Cr.P.C. In view of the same, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a private complaint, if no proper action is taken by the police on his complaint. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.3498 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 22.06.2009 ES [1] (2007) 6 SCC 171