IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 11911 of 2008 BETWEEN: Kovvuri Sridevi W/o. Pundarikaksha Reddy Resident of KRM colony Visakhapatnam. ... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent of Police, Visakhapatnam District. 2 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rural Anakapalli, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Station House officer, Bheemunipatnam, Visakhapatnam District 4 A. Krishna Mohan Raju S/o. Gajapathi Lakshmi Narasimha Raju Resident of Lalitha Nagar, Visakhapatnam. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the action of the 2nd respondent police in interfering in civil dispute and harassing the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary, and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.O.MANOHER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents 1 to 3: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: The only grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent – police officials are interfering with the civil disputes pending between her and the fourth respondent without there being any complaint whatsoever complaining that she has committed a cognizable offence. 2. Petitioner submits that with regard to the property to which the fourth respondent is claiming right and interest along with four others, a suit has been filed, which was dismissed. Against which an appeal preferred by them was allowed and the petitioner filed a second appeal and obtained stay of the judgment of the appellate Court. 3. Insofar as the civil disputes are concerned the police cannot interfere. There is also no order in favour of the fourth respondent. Even assuming that there is an order in favour of the fourth respondent from the civil Court, I am of the opinion that unless the petitioner has committed a cognizable offence the police cannot interfere with the civil disputes. 4. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondents 1 to 3 are directed not to interfere with the civil disputes pending between the petitioner and the fourth respondent relating to the property of an extent of Ac.1.36 cents in Sy.No.296/9, which is the subject matter of the suit O.S.No.272 of 1997 on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Visakhapatnam. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J June 11, 2008 DSK