HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1161 of 2008 Dated 1st February, 2008 Between Markapuram Srinivas and ors …Petitioners and The State of AP, rep. By its Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and, ors …Respondents. THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1161 of 2008 ORDER: In this Writ Petition, the petitioners seek Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents 3 to 5 in harassing them in absence of any criminal complaint against them and interfering with the property disputes between them and Respondents 4 to 7 with regard to shop bearing Municipal No.17-98, situated at Y.V. Road, Kadapa, as illegal and arbitrary. It is the grievance of the petitioners that in view of the disputes with regard to financial dealings between them and respondents 4 to 7, respondents 1 to 3 are interfering with their civil disputes and recovery of money, and, illegally locked the shop bearing Municipal No.17-98, situated at Y.V. Road, Kadapa . Counter affidavit is filed by the third respondent-Circle Inspector of Police, I Town Police Station, Kadapa Town, Kadapa. While generally denying the allegations of the petitioners, it is categorically stated in the counter affidavit that the respondents-police never visited the shop bearing Municipal No.17-98, situated at Y.V. Road, Kadapa and never interfered with the life and liberty of the petitioners. It is further stated that just because of the disputes between the petitioners and respondents 4 to 7, by making baseless allegations, this Writ Petition is filed. With regard to the various allegations of the petitioners, this Court need not deal with the same in detail in view of the denial of the said allegations by the respondents in their Counter affidavit. It is categorically stated in the counter affidavit that the respondents-police never interfered with the life and liberty of the petitioners and never locked the shop in question. In view of the averments in the counter affidavit, no further adjudication is necessary in this Writ Petition. In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition is disposed of placing on record the averments made in the counter affidavit that the respondents-police never interfered with the life and liberty of the petitioners and locked the shop in question. No order as to costs. --------------------------------- JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY DATE: 1-2-2008 Msnr.