IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 15073 of 2001 Between: V.Prabhakar Reddy, S/o Naryana Reddy Near High school, Dadithota, Tadimarri Mandal, Ananthapur Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of A.P., Rep by its Secretary, Dept. of Home, Secretariat, Hyd. 2 Circle Inspector of Police, P.S.Dharmavaram, Ananthapur Dist. 3 Mr. Chandra Sekhar, Circle Inspector of Police, P.S.Dharmavaram, Ananthapur Dist. 4 The Superintendent, Govt. Head Quarters Hospital, Ananthapur 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 a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, or writs orders or direction, declaring the action of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in illegally detaining the petitioner & causing physical tortures as illegal, arbitrary & without jurisdiction, by directing the R4 herein to produce the records pertaining to I.P.No.3277 by further directing the R1 to 3 to pay compensation of Rs 10 Lakhs to the petitioner for illegally detaining him & causing physical & mental torture Award costs and pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.N.RANGA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri.N.Ranga Reddy, submits that the third respondent has now been transferred and therefore, the cause of action in the writ petition does not survive. The writ petition is therefore, dismissed as infructuous. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) 24.06.2005 vs To 1 The Secretary, State of A.P., Dept. of Home, Secretariat, Hyd. 2 Circle Inspector of Police, P.S.Dharmavaram, Ananthapur Dist. 3 Mr. Chandra Sekhar, Circle Inspector of Police, P.S.Dharmavaram, Ananthapur Dist. 4 The Superintendent, Govt. Head Quarters Hospital, Ananthapur Dist. 5 Two CCs to the G.P for Home, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad(O.U.T). 6 2 CD copies