IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12260 of 2009 Between: M.N. Thammi Reddy, S/o. Rajayya, R/o. Gollala Mamidada, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent of Police, East Godavari District at Kakinada. 2 The Station House Officer, Pedapudi Police Station, Pedapudi, East Godavari District. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.MEKA RAJASEKHARA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.2 is not evincing interest in completing the investigation in Crime No.81 of 2000. In the counter-affidavit filed by Sri A.Venkateswer Rao, Sub-Inspector of Police, Pedapudi Police Station, East Godavari District, it is inter alia stated that in pursuance of the order of the Hon’ble Lokayukta, the District Collector, East Godavari, instructed the Tahsildar, Pedapudi to file a criminal case against Sri Sabbella Gangi Reddy, Ex- Sarpanch of Gollala Mamidada Village, for clandestinely selling away the land causing wrongful loss to the innocent public; that pursuant to the said complaint, Crime No.81 of 2000 under Section 420 IPC was registered on 05.12.2000 against the said person and that during investigation, the Tahsildar was requested to submit relevant documents, but he has not furnished the same. It is further stated that the Criminal Petition filed by the accused for quashing criminal proceedings ended in its dismissal on 17.07.2006; that respondent No.2 addressed letter, dated 12.08.2008 to the Tahsildar, Pedapudi with copies marked to the Superintendent of Police, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Revenue Divisional Officer, Kakinada, requesting for furnishing necessary documents for the purpose of investigation and that so far, there is no reply from the Tahsildar. The averments mentioned in the counter-affidavit suggest that the investigation is held up only on account of non-cooperation of the Tahsildar of Pedapudi Mandal. The said Officer, however, cannot hold up the investigation by his non-cooperation. However, respondent No.2 is not helpless to compel the Tahsildar to produce relevant documents, by following due process of law. Respondent No.2 cannot therefore, take shelter under the alleged non-cooperation of the Tahsildar, Pedapudi. He is, therefore, directed to initiate appropriate action against the Tahsildar, Pedapudi, if he is not cooperating in furnishing required documents, and complete the investigation in a time bound manner. Respondent No.2 shall file appropriate charge sheet/final report before the jurisdictional Magistrate, within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.15834 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 9th JULY, 2009. kvni