IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 15234 of 2008 Between: Smt. Ameerunnisa Begum W/o. Mr. B.N.Ahmed Ali Khan Flat No.9, Plot No.28, Tribhuvan Apartments, G.K.Nagar, Near Sainathapuram, ECIL Post, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Station House Officer, Neredmett Police Station, Hyderabad. 2 The Police Commissioner, Cyberabad, Commissionerate Office, Gachibouli, Ranga Reddy District. 3 The Director General of Police, A.P., Lakdikapul, Hyderabad. 4 Sri. Panakala Rao S/o. Not Known, Flat No.203, Plot No. C-5, C-6 and C-9, Aditya Admire, Officer's Colony, ECIL Post, Hyderabad-62. 5 Sri. P.Madhava Reddy S/o. Not Known Flat no. 201, Plot No. C-5,C-6, and C-9, Aditya Admire, Officer's Colony, ECIL Post, Hyderabad-62. .....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 issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondents 1 to 3 to register the complaint dated 17.12.2007 & 06.03.2008 of the writ petitioner given against R4 & R5 as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 3 to register the complaints dated 17.12.2007 and 6.3.2008 given by the petitioner against R4 & R5 in the interest of justice and equity and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.S.BHATT Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: GP FOR HOME Counsel for the respondent Nos. 4 and 5: None The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO :15234 of 2008 ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents 1 to 3 have not taken steps to register the complaint of the petitioner dated 17.12.2007, wherein she has conveyed information as to the commission of a cognizable offence by certain persons. In respect of such a grievance, the petitioner has a statutory remedy before the Jurisdictional Magistrate under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘the Code). In view of the availability of alternative, statutory remedy, this court is not inclined to entertain the grievance under Article 226 of the Constitution. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission granting liberty to the petitioner to pursue appropriate remedies under the provisions of the Code. No order as to costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J DATE: 16th July, 2008 pnb