IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 18736 of 2008 Between: Chenchula Ramudu, S/o. Subbaiah, R/o. Buggamipally (V) & (Post), Bethamcharla Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintend of Police, Kurnool District. 2 The Station House Officer, Bethamcharla Police Station, Kurnool District. 3 Polam Srinivasulu, S/o. P. Nagulaiah, R/o. Bugganipally (V) & (Post), Bethamcharla Manal, Kurnool District. 4 Polam Srinivasulu, S/o. Late P. Venkataiah, R/o. Bugganipally (V) & (Post), Bethamcharla Manal, Kurnool District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents 1 and 2 in not registering the complaint lodged by the petitioner herein as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to take the complaint on ﬁle, summon the accused, hold an enquiry and deal according to law and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.CHANDRA SEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The grievance of the petitioner that his complaint dated 18.8.2008 addressed to the 1st respondent, complaining of inaction by the 2nd respondent in registering a complaint conveying information as to the commission of a cognizable oﬀence by the Respondents 3 and 4, has not been entertained; has not been responded to. In view of the judgment of the Supreme Court reported in SAKIRI VASU Vs. STATE OF U.P. ([1]), the petitioner is seen to have an eﬀective, alternative statutory remedy by way of ﬁling a private complaint before the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, having jurisdiction. Relegating the petitioner to prosecute the appropriate statutory remedy, the Writ Petition is dismissed at the stage of admission, after hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Home, appearing on behalf of the Respondents 1 and 2. There shall be no order as to costs. GODA RAGHURAM, J DATE: 29.08.2008 CVM [1] . AIR 2008 SC 907