IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. KANTHA RAO WRIT PETITION NO. 22682 of 2008 Between: G. Kamesh Sharma, Flat No. 59-G3, Sri Venkateswara Towers, Bhagyanagar Colony, Opp. KPHB, Kukatpally, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Station House Officer, Jeedimetla, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Police, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 3 The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hyderabad. 4 The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hyderabad. 5 The Govt. of A.P., rep. By its Prl. Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, 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 For the reasons stated in the "Telegram" dated 04-10-2008 sent by the Petitioner herein, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an Order, direction, or a Writ, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to call for the records and remarks from the Respondents herein in and connected to (i) taking away the employees of Petitioner herein namely 1)Tayuri Prasad, S/o. Balakrishna Reddy 2) Gorla Ramesh, S/o. Ram Babu from his oﬃce situate at Sri Venkateswara Towers at Bhagyanagar Colony by some unknown employees; and this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue necessary directions to the concerned to probe into the matter, trace out the missing employees of Petitioner and to hand over them to the Petitioner and to pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: TELEGRAM Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: Oral Order: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) This is a taken up writ petition on the basis of a telegram dated 04-10-2008 sent by the petitioner to the Hon’ble Chief Justice alleging that some of his employees, namely, Tayuri Prasad s/o Balakrishna Reddy and Gorla Ramesh s/o Ram Babu are taken away by the respondent—police. In response to notice the Inspector of Police, Jeedimetla Police Station—respondent No.1 ﬁled an aﬃdavit stating that in obedience to the directions of this court the petitioner as well as the missing persons were produced before the Deputy Collector & Tahsildar, Qutubullapur Mandal on 15-11-2008 who recorded their statements. The statements, which were enclosed to the aﬃdavit, clearly disclose that both the missing persons went to Vijayawada to attend some personal work and due to late hours they could not inform even to their family members and to the employer. On their return from Vijayawada, the petitioner sent another telegram on 06-10-2008 stating that the said persons are not retained by the police and he is withdrawing the complaint made against the Jeedimetla Police. The statement made by the petitioner before the Deputy Collector & Tahsildar that the respondent—police have not detained his employees, as alleged in the telegram, is placed on record. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. _______________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. ______________ R.KANTHA RAO,J. 17-11-2008 Murthy ..... Registrar // TRUE COPY // Section Officer To 1 The Station House Officer, Jeedimetla, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Police, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 3 The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hyderabad. 4 The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Hyderabad. 5 The Prl. Secretary, Home Department, Govt. of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 6. 2CCs to the Government Pleader for Home (OUT) 7. 2CD copies