IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 27894 of 2009 Between: Singamaneni Sharadamba and another. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Circle Inspector of Police, Addanki Police Station, Prakasam District and others. .....RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 27894 of 2009 ORDER : According to the petitioners, they are the owners of the land admeasuring Ac.11.43 cents in Sy. Nos.747, 765, 984/A and 1005, situated in Medarametla village, Korisipadu Mandal, Prakasam District and they are in possession and enjoyment of the same. While that being so, the respondents 4 and 5 with an intention to dispossess the petitioners from the land, approached the 6th respondent, who is an Ex.M.L.A., and requested him to get pressure on the respondent-police officials, and at the instance of the 6th respondent, the respondent- police officials are interfering with their civil dispute and threatening the petitioners to vacate the land in question even without registering any crime or following the due process of law. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioners approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Government Pleader for Home, appearing for R-1and R-2 and learned Government Pleader for Revenue, appearing for R-3 3. It appears that there are certain disputes between the petitioner and the respondents 4 and 5. When once there are disputes arose between the parties, the police, in my considered view, shall not take any partisan attitude. If they want to interfere with the peaceful possession of the petitioners on the complaint of the unofficial respondents or for any other reason, they are definitely at liberty to interfere, but the same shall be in accordance with law. Here the grievance of the petitioners is that even without registering any crime against the petitioners, the police are interfering with the petitioners’ peaceful possession and enjoyment of the land, and for that reason, on earlier occasion, in W.P.No.10342 of 2004, filed by the respondents 4 and 5, this Court directed both the parties to maintain status quo. In that view of the matter, I am of the opinion that the writ petition can be disposed of with a direction to the respondents 3 and 4. 4. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission and the respondents 1 and 2 are directed not to interfere with the petitioners’ peaceful possession and enjoyment of the land in question without following due process of law. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ December 22, 2009 kvr