IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 10464 of 2008 Between: D. Pratapachander Reddy S/o late D.R.K. Eddy R/o 8-2-573, Road No.7, banjara Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner of Police & district Magistrate, Under the Arms Act, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner:SRINIVASA RAO PUTLURI Counsel for the Respondent: AGP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the press statement, dated 28.04.2008 issued by the respondent directing the holders of Arms License to deposit the arms in the respective police stations or the licensed arms dealers as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, Sri P.Srinivasa Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the respondent has no power or jurisdiction to prohibit use of arms and that he can only regulate use of arms. Having regard to the fact that the petitioner has not made any representation, which is a sine qua non for seeking a writ of mandamus, I am not inclined to entertain the writ petition and adjudicate the same on merits. In Kaminikumar Das Choudhury v. State of West Bengal[1] and Amrit Lal Berry, K.N.Kapur v. Collector of Central Excise Central Revenue[2], the Supreme Court held that a person before approaching the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issue of a writ of Mandamus, he shall demand justice from the respondents. Admittedly, the petitioner has not made any representation to the respondent before approaching this Court by way of this writ petition. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed. The petitioner is permitted to make a representation to the respondent and within one week from the date of receipt of such representation, the respondent shall dispose of the same in accordance with the provisions of the Arms Act, 1959. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.13688 of 2008 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 2nd MAY, 2008 Note: issue c.c. by tomorrow. B/o kvni [1] AIR 1972 SC 2060 [2] AIR 1975 SC 538