IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 6856 of 2006 Between: Smt.K.Subba Lakshmi, d/o late Venkata Reddy, r/o D.No.16-13-34, Anjaneyaswamy Temple Street, Old Guntur, Guntur. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent of police, Guntur, Guntur District. 2 The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Guntur Town, Guntur. 3 The Circle Inspector of Police, West Zone, Guntur. 4 The station House Officer, Lalapet L& O Police Station, Guntur. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue any writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus directing the respondent police oﬃcials to give police aid to the petitioner for protecting 31 bits of land handed over to the petitioner on 15-3-2006 by the Revenue Oﬃcials in terms of the orders of the Special Tribunal, A.P.Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Guntur dated 25-1-2005 in I.A.No.1078/04 in LGOP No.66/87 by declaring the action of the respondents in not giving police aid to the petitioner on the basis of the proceedings of the Revenue Divisional Oﬃcer, Guntur dated 17-3-2006 as illegal and arbitrary and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.RAJA REDDY KONETI Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 6856 of 2006 Oral Order: This writ petition is ﬁled for a direction to the respondents to provide police aid to the petitioner for 31 bits of land handed over by the revenue oﬃcials to her on 15.3.2006 in pursuance of the order of the Special Tribunal A.P. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, Guntur in I.A. No. 1078/04 in L.G.O.P. No. 66/87. The 4th respondent, as is customary, being the lowest oﬃcer in the hierarchy of respondents, has ﬁled a counter aﬃdavit stating that the respondents are ready and willing to provide police protection as and when the petitioner approaches them. Petitioner is satisﬁed with this assurance set out in para- 3 of the counter affidavit. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the averments made in para-3 of the counter affidavit of the 4th respondent. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM,J DATE: 6th August, 2008 pnb