THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.12432 of 2010 DATED: 07.10.2010 Between: N. Sayeed Ahmed and another. .. Petitioners. And State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Home Department, Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad, and others. .. Respondents. ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 3 to 6 in visiting the petitioners’ residential premises and business establishments and insisting them to run Mataka Gaming activity without there being any authority of law, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere in any manner with the petitioners’ personal life and liberty. According to the petitioners, they are carrying on the business of tyres in the name and style of ‘Sayeed and Brothers Enterprises’ at Shop No.7/114, Santhosh Complex, N.H.No.7, Bangalore Road, Kurnool, and also established a jewelry shop. They contend that they never indulged in any criminal activities at any point of time. While that being so, respondents 2 to 6 opened a rowdy sheet against them in the year 2004, alleging that they involved in petty offences under the provisions of A.P. Gaming Act, 1974, and the same is being continued, even though the cases registered against them were closed long back in view of their admission in petty offences and paying fine there for. The petitioners assert that, at present, they are not running Matka Gaming activities, which they were running long back without there being any authority of law, and they are leading peaceful and law- abiding life. However, on the guise that they are rowdy sheeters on the rolls of respondents 5 and 6, they are being insisted to attend before the respondents 2 to 6, and therefore, they filed W.P.No.19363 of 2007 before this Court, seeking to quash the rowdy sheet pending against them, and the same is pending. The petitioners also contend that the respondents police are registering series of false cases against them, as they are not obliging to their request of running Matka Gaming activity. The grievance of the petitioners is that though a complaint was made before the Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission and also a representation dated 11.02.2009 was submitted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kurnool, against the respondents, the respondents did not stop interference with their personal life and liberty and calling them to the police station and making them to wait, without there being any criminal involvement on their part. Hence, this writ petition is filed. Respondent No.5 filed a counter affidavit stating that the allegations made by the petitioners to the effect that the respondents are repeatedly taking them to the police station and interrupting their lawful business life and insisting them to run Matka Gaming activity are incorrect, baseless, far from truth and have been created for the purpose of filing the present writ petition. It is stated that they did not interfere with the lawful business life of the petitioners at any point of time and also did not insist them to run Mutka Gaming activity. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, directing the respondents not to interfere with the personal life and liberty of the petitioners and not to call them to the police station and harass them, except as required under law. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 07.10.2010 v v