IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.27140 of 2008 Between: M.Kondanna S/o.Yellappa, R/o. Kanimetta Village, Kothakota Mandal, Mahaboobnagar District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District. A.P. 2 The Station House Officer, II Town P.S., Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P. 3 Kumari K.T.Padmaja, Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District. A.P. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ or order or direction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction on the part of the respondents 1 and 2 in filing the charge sheet in Crime No.144/2008 on the file of the II Town Police Station, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P., as unjust and illegal and direct them to take immediate steps to investigate and file a charge sheet in Crime No.144/2008 on the file of the II Town P.S., Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District, A.P., after calling for the records and to pass such other orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.NUTHALAPATI KRISHNA MURTHY Counsel for Respondents 1 & 2: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.27140 OF 2008 ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that he, along with others, lodged a complaint before the 2nd respondent- Station House Officer, II Town Police Station, Mahabubnagar, on 05.08.2008, against the 3rd respondent herein, and the same was registered as Crime No.144 of 2008 for the offence punishable under Section 3 (1) (x) of S.C. & S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The grievance of the petitioner is that no investigation is being conducted into the said crime, in spite of his repeated representations. Learned Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submits that the investigation in the aforesaid crime is in progress and as many as ten witnesses were examined by the police as of now. In view of the above submission of the learned Government Pleader and in the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent police are directed to complete the investigation in Crime No.144 of 2008 on the file of II Town Police Station, Mahabubnagar, and file final report/charge sheet before the concerned Criminal Court within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 22nd December, 2008 IBL