IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 23991 of 2008 Between: Iska Venkata Satish Kumar, S/o. I.V. Sai Baba Reddy, R/o. 16/1569, Ramamurthy Nagar, Nellore Town. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Nellore. 3 The Station House Officer, Nellore Rural Police Station, Nellore. 4 Sri Kurapati Radhakrishna, D.No. 10-591, Ranganayakulapet, Anakatta Road, Nellore. 5 Meejooru Narayana, S/o. papaiah, Kothamittapalem, Akuthota Harijanawada, Nellore-2. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the representations dated 29-9-2008 and 1-10-2008 made by the petitioner for protection from the respondents 4 and 5, as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to consider the said representations and take appropriate action thereon, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.ROY REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 23991 of 2008 O R D E R : This writ petition is ﬁeld seeking a declaration that the alleged action of the respondents in not considering the representations of the petitioner dated 29-09-2008 and 01-10-2008 is arbitrary and illegal. As could be seen from the material on record, the above said two representations were made by the petitioner bringing to the notice of the respondents that there is a threat to his life and property from the respondents 4 and 5 and therefore, requesting to provide protection. Since the said representations are still pending, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the representations of the petitioner dated 29-09-2008 and 1- 10-2008 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ______________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 04-11-2008 KLP