THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.4829 OF 2010 Dated 3rd March, 2010 Between: K.Allabakash and two others …Petitioners And The Superintendent of Police And another …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners : Sri P.Narahari Babu Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in granting police protection to the petitioners to safeguard their life due to severe life threat from unsocial elements as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri P.Narahari Babu, learned counsel for the petitioners, and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. The petitioners claim that on account of certain speculative activities indulged in by them, they have incurred heavy debts and certain creditors including one G.Ramchandra Reddy have threatened the petitioners in general and petitioner No.2 in particular to cause physical harm to them in connection with payment of debts. The petitioners further averred that the said G.Ramchandra Reddy assaulted petitioner No.2 and that as the petitioners have life threat, they made a representation to respondent No.1 for giving police protection. At the hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home submitted that it is not possible for the State to give police security to individuals unless they fall in any one of the categories mentioned in G.O.Ms.No.655 dated 13.03.1997. She further submitted that if the petitioners have a legitimate grievance against individuals, they can always give a complaint to the police, who will take appropriate action in accordance with law. The learned counsel for the petitioners admitted that his clients do not fall in any one of the categories mentioned in G.O.Ms.No.655. This Court cannot conceive of a situation where the State can be directed to give police security to an individual facing life threat irrespective of whether such a person falls within the scheme formulated by the State for providing security, because having regard to the limited police strength, it is not possible for the State to give such a protection to every such individual. If the petitioners face threats from their adversaries or antisocial elements, they can set the law in motion by filing appropriate complaints before the police concerned. In such a case, the police are duty bound to take appropriate action in accordance with law to prevent such persons from indulging in activities, which are prejudicial to Society or individual interests. If the complaints filed by the petitioners indicate commission of an offence by any person, it is the responsibility of the police to register appropriate cases against the accused and pursue them under the Code of Criminal Procedure. The petitioners are, therefore, permitted to file appropriate complaints against the persons from whom they are facing life threat. If such complaints are filed, this Court has no doubt that the police will take appropriate action in accordance with law. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.6215 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 3rd March, 2010 vrn