THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3245 of 2011 ORDER: This writ petition is filed with the prayer, which reads as under: “For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.4 in telecasting the programme on 29.12.2010 at 2.31 p.m. defaming and hurting the religious sentiments of Christian religion is illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice.” Petitioner claims to be the Secretary of All India Christian Council, Lagos Bhavan, Jeedimetla, Medchal Road, Ranga Reddy District. It is stated that on 29.12.2010 at 2.31 p.m., the fourth respondent telecasted the programme of Burning of Bhagavad Geeta by Lord Salvation Army (Fake Christian Organization), based on a fabricated and anonymous letter sent to VHP Office, Hyderabad. It is the grievance of the petitioner that the item telecasted by the fourth respondent is a baseless story and the same was telecasted without making any preliminary enquiry, affecting the sentiments of Christian Community and in this connection, the petitioner filed a representation before respondents 2 and 3 on 05.01.2011 and in spite of the same, no action has been taken and there was abnormal delay and laches on the part of the respondents. For grant of relief as sought by the petitioner as it is, it is not known how this writ petition is filed without explaining its maintainability. The fourth respondent is a private organization and it is not a State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. In any event, the representation/complaint filed by the petitioner before respondents 2 and 3 was only on 05.01.2011, as such, it cannot be said that there is abnormal delay and laches on the part of the respondents to act upon the same. In that view of the matter, I do not find any merit in this writ petition to admit the same. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. _______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 14th FEBRUARY, 2011. kvni