HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.24872 of 2010 Date: 15.11.2010 Between : Sanam Kishore & others. …….Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Prl. Secretary, Department of Home & others. ….Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.24872 of 2010 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioners seek for a writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondent No.3 in making telephone calls and threatening them to pay lump sum amount to the wife of the 1st petitioner, as illegal and arbitrary. The 1st petitioner has filed a divorce application against his wife and the same is pending consideration. In this writ petition, it is the grievance of the petitioner that though no case is registered against the 1st petitioner or any of the petitioners, the 3rd respondent/ Sub- Inspector of Police, Kadapa Rural Police Station, is interfering in the matter and is demanding the petitioners to settle the matter with the wife of 1st petitioner by paying lump sum amount. On instructions, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader appearing for respondents that there is no Police Station by name Kadapa Rural Police Station, shown as 3rd respondent in the writ petition. It is stated that there is only Kadapa Taluq Police Station, but the post of Sub-Inspector in the said Police Station is vacant at present. It is further stated that no complaint, whatsoever, is filed in the Kadapa Taluq Police Station against the petitioners herein. Though an allegation is made by the petitioners with regard to the interference by respondents, on instructions, it is submitted by the learned Government Pleader that there is no such interference by the respondent-Police. It is further submitted by the learned Government Pleader that there is no Police Station by name Kadapa Rural Police Station, but there is only Kadapa Taluq Police Station, and even in the said Station, the post of Sub- Inspector is vacant. In view of the submission made by the learned Government Pleader that there is no interference by the respondent-Police, recording the said submission, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 15th November 2010 ajr