THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.2196 OF 2007 DATED: 26-06-2007 BETWEEN N. Subba Rao, S/o. Krishna Murthy, R/o. Amudala Lanka Village, Krishna District. …PETITIONER AND The Superintendent of Police, Guntur District, Guntur and two others. …RESPONDENTS ORDER: Petitioner submits that a rowdy sheet No.257 dated 15.09.1996 was opened against him pursuant to the registration of criminal case in Cr.No.14 of 1993 of Repalle Police Station for the offence under Section 394 of the Indian Penal Code and the said case ended in his acquittal after trial in C.C.No.242 of 1993 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First class, Repalle. The grievance of the petitioner is that the even after the aforesaid case ended in acquittal the respondents have not closed the rowdy sheet. 2. Counter has been filed stating that in view of the guidelines issued by this Court from time to time with regard to the closing of the rowdy sheet and after obtaining necessary permission, the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner was closed on 31.12.2006 and the same has been communicated to the petitioner. In view of the closure of the rowdy sheet, no orders need be passed in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J June 26, 2007 DSK