IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND TEN WRIT PETITION No.4704 of 2010 Between: Kollu Yesu Ratnam. … Petitioner And: Superintendent of Police, East Godavari District at Kakinada, East Godavari District and others. … Respondents. Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri V.Sai Kumar. Counsel for the Respondents: ---- This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandaus to declare the action of respondents 4 to 8 in interfering with the petitioner’s peaceful possession and enjoyment of the house bearing No.3-22-3, situated in Markandrajupeta, Tuni Municipality, East Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner also sought for a direction to respondents 1 to 3 to give police aid to protect the abovementioned property. I have heard Sri V.Sai Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. There is a civil dispute between the petitioner on one side and respondents 6 to 8 on the other. The petitioner filed O.S.No.33 of 1997 on the file of the Junior Civil Judge, Tuni, for permanent injunction. The petitioner averred that she obtained a decree for permanent injunction on 2-12-2002. The grievance of the petitioner is that in spite of the said decree, respondents 4 and 5 have been interfering with her peaceful possession at the instance of respondents 6 to 8; and that though the petitioner approached respondents 1 to 3, they have not granted aid to protect her possession of the said property. In my opinion, this Writ Petition is misconceived. The civil Court, which granted the decree, is competent to order the Police to grant aid to effectuate its decree. I n Vadlakoda Narender Vs. State House Officer – 2009(5) ALT 426 – this Court held that a person seeking police aid on the strength of a decree has to first approach the civil Court, which granted the decree; and that only in the event of his being unsuccessful in obtaining the relief from the civil Court, he can invoke the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to approach the civil Court, which passed the decree for the relief of police aid. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:02-03-2010 MNR