IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WEDNESDAY, THE NINETH DAY OFAPRIL, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.7726 of 2008 Between: Kurma Mallamma and another. … Petitioners AND The Circle Inspector of Police, I Town Police Station, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District and three others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri M.Srinivasa Swarup. Counsel for the respondents: Asst. Govt. Pleader for Home for R.1 and R.2. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of respondents 1 and 2 in harassing the petitioners in the guise of investigation in to Crime No.70 of 2008 on the file of the I Town Police Station, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District, as illegal and unconstitutional. The petitioners sought for a direction to respondents 1 and 2 not to harass the petitioners by calling them to Police Station. In the manner in which the Writ Petition is proposed to be disposed of, there is no need to issue notices to respondents 3 and 4. The grievance of the petitioners is that there is a dispute between the husband of petitioner No.1 and the father of petitioner No.2 on one side and respondents 3 and 4 on the other with regard to an extent of Ac.0.06 guntas of land in Survey No.595 of Janagaon Shivar at Markandeya Colony, Godavarikhani. In that connection, respondent No.3 filed a complaint against the husband of petitioner No.1, who claims to be aged about 83 years; he was, therefore, constrained to file Criminal Petition No.1817 of 2008 to quash the said case; and this Court on 1-4-2008 granted stay of arrest of the accused. The petitioners claim that at the instance of respondents 3 and 4, respondents 1 and 2 have been calling them to Police Station and harassing them. At the hearing learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that respondents are not entitled in law to interfere in the civil disputes between the petitioners’ family and respondents 3 and 4. In recent times, this Court is flooded with complaints of the nature as raised in the present Writ Petition. Invariably the response from the Police, after receipt of notice from this Court, is a blanket denial of the allegations of their interference in the civil disputes. This Court cannot but take judicial notice of raising instances of allegations of interference by the Police in civil disputes. Unless this tendency is curbed before it reaches menacing proportions, the whole society would be in great jeopardy. The Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, shall bestow his attention to the complaints being persistently made by the people throughout the State and initiate appropriate measures to control this evil. In the light of the grievance made by the petitioners, I do not see that any purpose is served by giving notices to respondents 1 and 2, because their reply would be on the expected lines, viz., that they are not interfering with the civil disputes. Instead of venturing into such a needless process, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition directing respondents 1 and 2 not to interfere with the personal liberty of the petitioners and in the civil dispute between the petitioners’ family and respondents 3 and 4. Subject to the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. Registry is directed to communicate a copy of this order to the Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, forthwith. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J 09-4-2008 MNR