THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.31642 of 2011 ORDER: The action of respondent Nos.2 to 4, in interfering with the civil disputes between the petitioners on the one hand and respondent Nos.6 to 8 on the other, and in summoning the petitioners repeatedly to the police station, is questioned in this Writ Petition as being illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners would allege that the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Tenali, Guntur District (respondent No.2) was siding with respondent Nos.6 to 8, and threatening the petitioners with dire consequences if they failed to compromise the matter with respondent Nos.6 to 8. A counter affidavit is now filed by the third respondent wherein it is stated that no complaint has been received or registered against the petitioners on the file of Tenali Rural Police Station, Guntur District; the question of calling the petitioners to the police station did not arise; when respondent Nos.6 to 8 had sought to file a complaint against the petitioners, they were informed that the dispute was civil in nature, and their remedy was only to approach the Civil Court; and as such their complaint was not entertained. In view of the specific denial in the counter affidavit filed by the third respondent that the petitioners having been called to the Tenali Rural Police Station, Guntur District, and being asked to compromise the matter with respondent Nos.6 to 8, I see no reason to keep the Writ Petition pending on the file of this Court. Suffice to record that the petitioners are neither required in connection with any complaint registered in the Tenali Rural Police Station, Guntur District nor are respondent Nos.2 to 5, as stated in the counter affidavit, interfering in the civil disputes between the petitioners and respondent Nos.6 to 8. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, closed. However, in the circumstances, without costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J Date:21.12.2011 usd