THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.3520 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioner filed a complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C., before the Special Magistrate under the A.P. Co- operative Societies Act 1964 at Hyderabad with a prayer to punish the accused mentioned therein for violating the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 (for short ‘the Act’). It was in relation to the allotment of a plot in favour of the accused. The Special Magistrate registered an F.I.R. by invoking the provisions of Sections 79 and 83-B of the Act. It is stated that the matter was referred to Saifabad Police Station for investigation and hardly any progress has taken place in it. It is brought to the notice of this Court that the Court of the Special Magistrate, before which the complaint was filed has ceased to exist and that the complaint is said to be now pending before the I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. The grievance of the petitioner is that no progress has taken place in the matter so far. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home. The Cr.P.C. provides for various contingencies in the event of a complaint being filed under Section 200 before a Magistrate. One of the options available for the Magistrate is to refer the matter to the Police for Investigation and that was exercised in the instant case. Even if there was any delay in the investigation, the petitioner can certainly bring that fact to the notice of the Court of the I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, which, in turn, can monitor the matter. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, leaving it open to the petitioner to approach the Court before which the complaint submitted by him is pending and the Court, in turn, shall verify the matter and take necessary steps in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:25.02.2010. kdl