IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 23290 of 2009 Between: 1.Lokireddi Satyanarayana Reddi, S/o Late Appi Reddi, 55 years, Occ: Government Employee, R/o H.No.32-26-51/C, Machavaram, Eluru road, Vijaywada and another. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Circle Inspector, S.H.O., Autonagar Police Station, Autonagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District and 2 others. .....RESPONDENTS HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.23290 of 2009 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in interfering with the civil disputes between the 1st petitioner and the 3rd respondent, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently sought for a direction to the 1st respondent not to interfere with the civil disputes pending between the 1st petitioner and the 3rd respondent. The case of the petitioners is that the 3rd respondent herein filed a suit being O.S.No.1099 of 2009 on the file of the IV Additional Junior Civil Judge, Vijayawada against the 1st petitioner for permanent injunction in respect of house property situated at Gunadala, Vijayawada. It is further stated that the 3rd respondent having realized that he cannot substantiate his case in the Court, influenced 1st respondent-Circle Inspector of Police, who in turn sent the police constables to the house of the petitioners, on 19.09.2009, with a direction to take the petitioners to Police Station. Accordingly, the petitioners went to Police Station and that the 1st respondent made them to sit in the police station till late night and threatened them to settle the issue with the 3rd respondent or otherwise to pay him an amount of Rs.3,00,000/-. Subsequently, the 1st petitioner, unable to bear the mental harassment at the hands of police, got issued a legal notice to the 1st respondent on 25.10.2009. It is further stated that the 1st respondent in furtherance of his illegal activities, again called the petitioners herein to the police station on 26.10.2009 and forcibly obtained their signatures on some blank papers and threatened them to settle the issue with the 3rd respondent. Hence the writ petition. On instructions, the learned Government Pleader for Home submits that the police enquired into the matter and advised the petitioner and the 3rd respondent to seek redressal of their claim in Civil Court since the dispute among them is civil in nature. He further submits that the police officials are not interfering, in any manner whatsoever, with the personal liberty of the petitioners. Recording the aforesaid submissions of the learned Government Pleader for Home, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents not to interfere with the personal liberty of the petitioners, without following due process of law. No order as to costs. ____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 09-11-2009 Gsn.