IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No. 8286 of 2009 Between: 1 K. Laxmi Narayana Reddy S/o. Late K. Siva Reddy R/o. Cherukulapadu Village, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District. 2 M. Raghunath Reddy S/o. M. Venkateswar Reddy R/o. Pullagummi Vilage, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District. 3 M. Nageswar Reddy S/o. M. Venkateswar Reddy R/o. Pullagummi Vilage, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District. 4 M. Sarabha Reddy S/o.M. Rami Reddy R/o. Sudapalli Village, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District. 5 B. Ravindranath Reddy S/o. M. Subba Reddy Veldurthy Village & Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District. 6 P. Laxmi Reddy S/o. Pedda Obula Reddy R/o. Lakkasagaram Village, Veldurthy Mandal, Kurnool District. 7 Siva Kumar S/o. Humpaiah R/o. Yerukala Cheruvu Village, Krishnagiri Mandal, Kurnool District. 8 E. Raju S/o. Maddaiah Goud Chityala Village Krishnagiri Mandal, Kurnool District. 9 S. Chandrashekar S/o. S. Laxmi Reddy Thogarchedu Village, Krishnagiri Mandal, Kurnool District. 10 Ganganna S/o. Maddanna R/o. Koilakonda Village Krishnagiri Mandal, Kurnool District. 11 T. Govinda Raju S/o. Eswaraiah R/o. Koilakonda Village Krishnagiri Mandal, Kurnool District. 12 P. Krishna Murthy S/o. Venkateswarlu R/o. Kambalapadu Village, Krishnagiri Mandal, Kurnool District. 13 A. Pramodkumar Reddy S/o. Late Murahari Reddy R/o. Pathikonda Village & Mandal, Kurnool District. 14 P. Pratap Reddy S/o. Rami Reddy R/o. Pathikonda Village & Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Superintendent of Police Kurnool District, Kurnool 2 The Deputy Superintendent of Police Dhone, Kurnool District. 3 The Circle Inspector of Police Dhone Circle, Kurnool District. 4 The Circle Inspector of Police Pathikonda Circle, Kurnool District. 5 The Sub Inspector of Police, Veldurthy P.S. Kurnool District. 6 The Sub Inspector of Police, Krishnagiri P.S. Kurnool 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 an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent police in resorting /trying to indiscriminately arrest the petitioners who are acting as Poling booth agents on the eve of Assembly & Parliament elections scheduled on 23-4-09 even though petitioners have not committed any criminal acts nor they are required in any crime but only yielding to the political pressures, as illegal, arbitrary violative of Article 14, 19 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to arrest the petitioners without there being any specific case booked against them., and pass Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.8286 of 2009 ORDER: Questioning the action of the respondent Police in resorting/trying to arrest them under political pressure, even though they are not required in any case, the petitioners, who are acting as poling agents on the eve of Assembly & Parliament Elections, filed this writ petition. On 21.04.2009, when the matter was taken up for hearing, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for respondents sought time to get instructions. Today, a copy of telephonic written instructions, dated 21.04.2009, of the Inspector of Police, Dhone Circle, Kurnool District, has been placed before this Court, wherein, while denying the allegations made against them, it is specifically stated that to prevent the police from taking any action in future if any complaint is lodged against them, the petitioners, as a precautionary measure, approached this Court by way of this writ petition. It is also stated that so far no case whatsoever is registered or pending against the petitioners herein and that they are not at all required in any of the cases. It is also stated that there is no necessity for them to support any of the political parties and only some precautionary measures are taken by the police to maintain law and order in the sensitive areas during the election process and that on mere apprehension, the petitioners filed the present writ petition. In view of the aforesaid written instructions of the respondents, no further orders are required to be passed in the writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed recording the aforesaid written instructions. _____________ N.V.RAMANA,J 22.04.2009 Note: Furnish CC today Bo v v