IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No: 24090 of 2005 BETWEEN: Guggilla Praveen Kumar @ Chinna, S/o. Venkataiah, Sub-Registrar's Office, Alampur, R/o. 1-7-153/G/N/1, Sanjaynagar Mahabubnagar Dist. ... PETITIONER AND 1 Station House Officer, II Town Police Station, Mahabubnagar. 2 Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Mahabubnagar. 3 Superintendent Of Police, Mahabubnagar Dist. ...RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order, direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents in opening the rowdy sheet No.3/99 dated 23/6/1999 in the first respondent's police station against the petitioner on the basis of single criminal case is ultra vires and illegal and further set aside and quash the same and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.BALAGOPAL Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioner submits that a rowdy sheet No.3 of 1999 was opened against him on 23.06.1999 in the first respondent police station while a case in PRC.No.42 of 1999 was pending against him. He further submits that after filing of charge sheet in session case in S.C.No.648 of 1999 on the file of the Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar, the petitioner was found not guilty and the case ended in acquittal by order dated 08.01.2003. Petitioner further submits even after the aforesaid case ended in acquittal, the rowdy sheet opened against has not been closed. 2. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the second respondent is directed to review the rowdy sheet of the petitioner and if no cases are pending against him, appropriate orders may be passed in accordance with law intimating the same to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V. ESWARAIAH, J July 3, 2008 DSK