THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH W.P. No. 22449 of 2007 Date:25-10-2007 Between: S.V. Krishna Reddy …Petitioner AND The District Collector, Warangal and three others .. Respondents ORDER: The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the second respondent to the letter of first respondent vide Rc.No.C2/4962/2006, dated 27.09.2006 for not giving the detailed report of the incident and payment of the ex-gratia amount to the petitioner, as illegal and arbitrary. It is the case of the petitioner that his son S.Jaganmohan Reddy, a student of Kakatiya University while attending flag hoisting function at 9.00 a.m. along with others, one junior employee degraded and insulted the national flag by lowering and tried to burn the flag and his son stopped the miscreants from doing so and a case was also registered in Crime No. 20 of 1980 and his son was one of the eyewitnesses in the said case. While so, when his son was proceeding towards evening college along with others in rickshaw on 20.04.1982, the accused persons came there and dragged his son from the rickshaw and stabbed on the left side of his chest below the left eye, as a result of which, his son succumbed to the injuries. It is stated that in that connection, the petitioner made a representation on 30.04.1982 to the first respondent. It is stated that the District Collector, Warangal vide letter Rc.No.C2/4962/2006, dated 27.09.2006 requested the Superintendent of Police, Warangal to take necessary action in the matter and send report. But, the Superintendent of Police has not sent any detailed report. It is stated that the Member Secretary, A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad also forwarded the representation of the petitioner to the District Collector and pursuant to the said letter of the Member Secretary, A.P. State Legal Services Authority, Hyderabad in Ref.No.7449/LSA/2006, dated 18.09.2006, the District Collector, Warangal addressed a letter No.C2/4962/2006, dated 13.09.2006 to the Superintendent of Police. But, the Superintendent of Police has not taken any action so far. Having regard to the facts of the case, the second respondent is directed to submit his detailed report pursuant to the letter of the District Collector vide letter No.C2/4962/2006, dated 13.09.2006 and 27.09.2006 so as to take appropriate action in the matter forthwith without any unnecessary delay within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. Date:25.10.2007 ccm