IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 22699 of 2008 Between: 1 B. Surender Goud S/o. Balaraj R/o. H.No. 1-216, bheemaram Village, Hasanparthy Mandal, Warangal, Warangal District. 2 Bura Sarojana W/o. Prabhakar R/o. Bheemaram Village, Hasanparthy Mandal, Warangal. 3 Bura Sreedhar S/o. Prabhakar R/o. Bheemaram Village, Hasanparthy Mandal, Warangal. 4 Marka Raju S/o. Late Komuriaha R/o. Bheemaram Village, Hasanparthy Mandal, Warangal. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Govt. of A.P., Department of House, Rep. by its Secretary, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Superintendent of Police, Warangal District. 3 The Station House Officer,Kakatiya University Police Station Hanamkonda, Warangal District. .....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 or order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus questioning the action of the respondents in not providing security / personal security oﬃcers to the petitioners since there is threat perception to the lives of the petitioners in pursuance of our representations / telegram dated 28-9-2008 as arbitrary, illegal, and violative of Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and further direct the respondents to provide personal security to the petitioners in pursuance of G.O.Rt.No. 655 Home (SC.B) Department, Dated 13.3.1997, and pass such Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.KESAVA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 22699 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled aggrieved by the inaction on the part of the respondents 2 and 3 in considering the representation of the petitioners dated 28-09-2008 requesting to provide security since there is a threat perception to their lives. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondents and having regard to the fact that the representation of the petitioners is pending for the past three weeks, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents 2 and 3 to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 28- 09-2008 as well as reminder dated 15-10-2008 in terms of the G.O.Rt.No.655 Home (SC.B) Department, dated 13-03- 1997 and pass appropriate orders 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: 18-10-2008 Note: Issue C.C. by Monday. B/o KLP