IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY WRIT PETITION NO : 7071 of 1999 Between: 1 Paper Clipping Of Eenadu Telugu Daily News Paper, Dt. 25.3.1999 Containing an Article Under the Caption – "Ammakaniki Aadasisuvulu'. 2 Paper Clipping Of Hindu Daily News Paper(English), Dt. 27.3.1999 Containing News item Under the Caption - "Child - Trafficking Racket Busted" ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 S.P.Subbaiah, Goods Samaritan Evangilical & Social Welfare Association, Mahendra Hills Locality, Hyderabad. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Nalgonda District. 3 The District Collector, Nalgonda District. 4 The Commissioner of Police, Twin Cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad. 5 The Director General of Police, Govt of A.P., Hyderabad. 6 The Secretary to the Govt of A.P. Family Welfare Women & Child Welfare Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 7 The Secretary to the Government of A.P. Home (Police) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 8 The Secretary to the Govt of A.P. General Admn. Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 9 Paruchuri Jamuna, D/o Ramaswamy, aged about 45 years, Secretary GRAMYA Resource Centre for Women, H.No. 1-16- 79/3, Sainagar Colony, Alwal, Secunderabad. 10 Xavier Florensa Aroca, S/o. Pedro Jorge Florensa, aged about 36 years, Occ: Photographer, R/o. Comte Borrell 137, 2nd Floor, 2nd door, Barcelona, Spain, represented by his General Power of Attorney, Smt. Dechamma Banerjee, W/o. Dr. D. Banerjee, aged about 41 years, Occ: Social Worker, resident of F1, Lab Quarters, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that for the reasons stated in the Paper Clippings, which are shown as Petitioners Nos. 1 and 2, this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an Order, direction, or a writ, more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus, calling for records and remarks from the respondents herein, in and connected to: (1) Illegal buying and selling of Infants and Children, by some Voluntary Institutions and Baby Care Centers of Hyderabad City from the poor families in rural areas of Nalgonda District, and (2) “A Child Trafficking rocket” situated at the Posh Mahendra Hills locality, Hyderabad in which children of different age groups, are brought from poor families and then sent for adoption in foreign countries, and pass appropriate orders in the matter and to pass such other order or further orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: TAKEN UP Counsel for Respondent Nos. 1 to 8: Addl. Advocate General Counsel for Respondent No. 9: MR.K.BALAGOPAL Counsel for Respondent No. 10: Sri S. Srinivas Reddy The Court made the following : ORDER: (per Sri A. Gopal Reddy, J) This is a taken up writ petition on the basis of paper clipping dated 25-03-1999 of Eenadu Telugu Daily Newspaper and paper clipping dated 27-03-1999 of Hindu Daily Newspaper containing news items under the captions “Ammakaniki Aada Sisuvulu” and “Child- Trafficking racket busted” respectively. This Court in John Clements and others vs. All concerned[1] issued a series of directions in paragraph 72 of the judgment regulating inter-country and in-country adoptions of the relinquished, destitute or abandoned children only by Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) at central level and Voluntary Coordinating Agency (VACA) at the state level and the directions issued by this Court would apply to the present writ petition also and would sufficiently regulate the inter-country and in-country adoptions for future. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of in terms of the directions referred to above. A.GOPAL REDDY, J G.V. SEETHAPATHY, J Dated: 03-02-2009 ks [1] 2003 (4) ALT 645