IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND TEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20321 of 2008 Between: Smt. Chetla Appayyamma & others … Petitioners And The Circle Inspector of Police, Bheeminipatham Police Station, Bheeminipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioners: Sri Ch. Shanmukha Rao Counsel for respondents 1&2: GP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.20321 of 2008 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of respondent Nos.1 and 2 in summoning the petitioners to the police station and threatening them to handover possession of the land admeasuring 493.54 square feet situated in Sy.No.39/20 of Chittivalasa Village, Bheeminipatnam Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, which is the subject matter of O.S.No.13 of 2008 on the file of the Junior Civil Judge, Bheeminipatnam, as illegal and arbitrary. At the hearing, there is no representation for respondent No.3. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. The learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submitted that on the report given by respondent No.3, respondent Nos.1 and 2 registered Crime No.254 of 2008 against petitioner No.1 and her son for the offences under Sections 323, 379 and 506 read with 34 IPC. She further stated that investigation is still pending and charge sheet is not filed so far. In my opinion, if any of the petitioners have committed an offence, it is permissible for the police to take appropriate action in pursuance of the crime registered against him/her, but under the guise of pendency of the criminal case, the police are not entitled to interfere in the civil disputes between the petitioners and respondent No.3. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.26532 of 2008 filed by the petitioners for early hearing is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 03.06.2010 ES