THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9037 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioners filed a complaint before the Station House Officer, Pattabhipuram Police Station, Guntur on 24.02.2006, alleging that respondent No.5 herein together with supporters came to premises bearing No.4-1-9, IV Lane, Lakshmipuram, Guntur at 11.00 a.m. and threw away the household articles into the street and dispossessed them within half an hour. It was alleged that on an earlier occasion, respondent No.5 has set fire to a hut in the premises on the intervening night of 18th and 19th February 2006. Crime No.44 of 2006 was registered. The grievance of the petitioners is that no action has been taken on their complaint. A counter-affidavit is filed on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 5. Nature of dispute between petitioner No.1 and his close relations on the one hand and respondent No.5 on the other is narrated. It is stated that grand mother of the petitioners is the actual owner of the property and she gifted the same in favour of the brother of the petitioners. The brother, in turn, is said to have sold the property in favour of respondent No.5. According to them, the Police cannot interfere in civil disputes. Respondent No.5 filed a counter-affidavit almost on the same lines. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Home for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and the learned counsel for respondent No.5. Even if one goes by the contents of the complaint submitted by the petitioners, it is evident that they were dispossessed from the premises between 11.00 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. on 24.02.2006. An attempt was made to make allegations against the Police officials also in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. However, no such allegations are found in the complaint nor any prayer is made in the writ petition. Therefore, once the petitioners are dispossessed from the property, the only alternative for them to file a suit for recovery of possession as provided for under the Specific Relief Act. The writ petition is not at all maintainable. It is represented that after conducting investigation into the matter, the Police have closed the case. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed, leaving it open to the petitioners to work out their remedies by filing a suit. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:05.03.2010. kdl