IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.26310 of 2005 Between: Mohd. Nazeer @ Nazeer, S/o. Mohd. Ghlam Hussain, R/o. H,.No. 118/32/8, Imam Baada, Yakutpura, Hyderabad, ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, 2 Station House Officer, Rein Bazar Police Station, Hyderabad, 3 The Special Police, Task Force, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, .....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 to issue an appropriate writ or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, quashing the classification of the petitioner in rowdy sheet of respondent No.2 and consequently set aside the same and pass such other further orders as this Hon'ble Court maya deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MS.NASEEB AFSHAN Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.26310 of 2005 O R D E R: The petitioner questions the action of the respondent in opening a rowdy sheet and continuing the same on the file of the Station House Officer, Rein Bazar Police station, Hyderabad as illegal and arbitrary. A counter has been filed stating that as the petitioner was involved in two criminal cases in Cr.No.242/2002 under Sec.120-B, 341, 363 r/w. Sec.511 IPC and 21 B.D.A Act on the file of the Jubilee Hills Police station and other case is in Cr.No.204/2004 under Sec.324 r/w. Sec. 34 IPC on the file of Rein Bazar police station, a rowdy sheet was opened in the year 2002 and the same was continued upto 2005. However, it is stated that after perusing the records, the then Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mir Chowk Division, Hyderabad closed the rowdy sheet against the petitioner on 09.01.2006 and the same was also communicated to the petitioner vide letter dated 22.02.2006 which was also acknowledged by the petitioner. In view of closure of the rowdy sheet against the petitioner, I am of the opinion that no further orders need be passed in the present writ petition. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, closed. No order as to costs. ___________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Dated: 11.08.2008 Dsr .... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, 2 Station House Officer, Rein Bazar Police Station, Hyderabad, 3 The Special Police, Task Force, Central Crime Station, Hyderabad, 4.2CCs to 5.2CD copies