IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE And HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 13462 of 2006 Between: 1 Report dt. 15.06.2006 of the District Judge, Kadapa enclosin thereto the letters addresed to the Hon'ble Chief Justice by T. Sanjeeva Rayudu, C.T.No.424, Central Prison, Kadapa and 2 A. Manohar Naidu, C.T. No.181, Central Prison, Kadapa. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Superintendent, Central Prison, kadapa, Kadapa District. 2 The Jailor, Central Prison, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 3 The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Rayalaseema Region, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 4 The Director General and Inspector General of Prisons and Director of Correctional Services, Govt of A.P., Hyderabad. 5 The Superintendent of Police, Kadapa District at Kadapa. 6 The Govt of A.P., re. by its Prl. Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyd. 7 The District Collector, Kadapa District at Kadapa. 8 The Joint Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 9 B. Samuel Johnson, Director General of Prisons, Rayalaseema Region, Kadapa. 10 Vara Prakash, Jailor, Central prison, kadapa. 11 Nagender, Jailor, Central Prison, Kadapa. 12 Dhanaraj, Central Prison, Kadapa, 13 Linga Reddy, Cental Prison, Kadapa. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an order, direction, or a writ, more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus to call for the records and remarks from the Respondents No.1 to 8 herein in and connected to the grave allegations levelled by i) T. Sanjeeva Rayudu, C.T. No.424 and A. Manohar Naidu, C.T. No.181 agaisnt the oﬃcials of the Central Prison, Kadapa and others, more enumerated in the Letters appended to the report of the District Judge, Kadapa ( enclosed herewith); this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to pass appropriate orders directing the concerned to probe into the complaints and take appropriate action against the concerned and to protect both of their lives from the jail authorities in the interest of Justice. Counsel for the Petitioners :PETITION Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE And HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 13462 of 2006 ORDER : (Per Hon’ble Sri Anil R.Dave, CJ) This is a public interest litigation, which had been initiated in pursuance of a report submitted by the District Judge, Kadapa to the eﬀect that some inmates of the Jails had made certain grievances. This matter was heard from time to time and the assistance of some advocates was also taken by this Court, so as to ascertain whether the inmates of jails were kept in inhuman conditions. Some suggestions were made, and ultimately, in pursuance of the said suggestions, the State of Andhra Pradesh has decided to revise the jail manual. The learned Government Pleader Sri A.Satya Prasad has submitted that new jail manual is being prepared and while preparing the said jail manual, the suggestions made by this Court as well as by the learned advocates, who were appointed as Amicus Curiae, would also be taken into account. It has been submitted by the learned Government Pleader that preparation of the new jail manual shall be finalized within two months or so. Looking to the fact that the authorities of the respondent-Government have taken necessary actions for revising the jail manual so as to redress the grievances made before this Court, in our opinion, needful shall be done to see that genuine grievances of the inmates are redressed. We hope that the new jail manual shall be prepared as soon as possible, preferably within three months from today. In view of the above development in the matter, the petition stands disposed of. Two copies of the jail manual shall be placed on record of this Court by sending the same to the Registrar (Administration) of this Court. _________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ 2nd September 2008 ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J ajr To 1 The Superintendent, Central Prison, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 2 The Jailor, Central Prison, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 3 The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, Rayalaseema Region, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 4 The Director General and Inspector General of Prisons and Director of Correctional Services, Govt of A.P., Hyderabad. 5 The Superintendent of Police, Kadapa District at Kadapa. 6 The Prl. Secretary, Home Department, Govt of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 7 The District Collector, Kadapa District at Kadapa. 8 The Joint Collector, Kadapa, Kadapa District.