THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO.14590 OF 2009. Date: 25-08-2009 Between:- B.Venkateswara Reddy .. Petitioner And The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gopalapuram Division, Secunderabad and others. .. Respondents ORDER:- The petitioner filed this writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus to declare the inaction on the part of respondents 1 and 2 in investigating into Crime No.208 of 2008 on the file of the 2nd respondent, as illegal and arbitrary, and consequently, to direct the 2nd respondent to investigate into the said crime and file charge sheet before the concerned Magistrate. 2. According to the petitioner, on 24.07.2008 he filed a private complaint against the respondents 3 and 4 before the X Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Secunderabad, who in turn, forwarded the same to the Station House Officer, Gopalapuram P.S., Secunderabad – 2nd respondent. Though the 2nd respondent registered the same as a case in Crime No.208 of 2008 for the offences under Sections 418 and 420 IPC on 05.08.2008, he has not initiated any investigation into the said crime till date. Being aggrieved by the same, he approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 3. The 2nd respondent filed a detailed counter-affidavit stating that the investigation in Crime No.208 of 2008 is over and it will take some more time for him to file charge sheet. 4. In the light of the counter-affidavit filed by the 2nd respondent, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 2nd respondent to file the charge sheet, at the earliest. No costs. _____________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 25th August, 2009 AMD/CBS