THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.23735 of 2009 DATED: 05.07.2010 Between: Budida Gopal Reddy and others .. Petitioners And The District Collector, Ranga Reddy District, and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondent police. It is the grievance of the petitioners that some anti-social elements along with their henchmen are trying to lay a road through their lands in Sy.Nos.203 and 227 of Kappapahad Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, and interfering with their agricultural operations and also threatening them with dire consequences and, therefore, they submitted a representation to the respondents, ventilating their grievances and requesting them to provide protection, but the same is not acted upon. Therefore, they filed the present writ petition, seeking directions to the respondents to prevent those unsocial elements from interfering with their possession and agricultural operations and from laying road through their lands. They also seek directions to the respondent police to put up a police picket for their protection. If, according to the petitioners, some anti-social elements and their henchmen are interfering with their possession of the lands and are trying to lay road through their lands, their remedy is to move the competent civil Court and obtain injunction orders, preventing those persons from indulging in such acts, and this Court cannot grant any relief in that regard. So far as putting up police picket for the protection of the petitioners is concerned, it is for the respondent police to enquire into the matter and provide necessary protection to the petitioners, but, without there being any enquiry in that regard, no positive directions can be issued by this Court. Hence, respondent No.6 namely Station House Officer, Ibrahimpatnam Police Station, is directed to examine the representation of the petitioners and take necessary action. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 5th July, 2010 IBL