THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 12486 OF 2007 Dated 29th June, 2010 Between: Mareddi Jayabharat Reddy …Petitioner And Government of Andhra Pradesh and three others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri O.Manohar Reddy Counsel for the respondents: AGP for Home The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in withdrawing security provided to the petitioner under D.O.Lr.No.1924/IS.3/2006 dated 09.06.2006 as illegal and arbitrary. I have heard Sri O.Manohar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. The petitioner claims to be a strong supporter of Telugu Desam Party. According to him, there is a political rivalry between his family and that of G.Ravindranath Reddy and due to the feud between the two families, the petitioner’s father and his cousin were murdered in the month of January, 2006. On the letter addressed by the leader of the opposition party, security was provided to the petitioner under an order passed on 09.06.2006 and the same was being continued till November, 2006. The said security was suddenly withdrawn. Questioning which, the present writ petition is filed. A counter-affidavit was filed by the then Superintendent of Police on 04.12.2007, wherein, it is, inter alia, stated that on the letter addressed by the leader of the opposition party, security was provided to the petitioner and three others temporarily during the local body elections in accordance with G.O.Rt.No.655 dated 23.03.1997 and that the petitioner is not entitled for regular security as per the above G.O. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home submitted that the Superintendent of Police, Kadapa District reviewed the threat perception against the petitioner in April, 2010 and submitted the same before the Review Committee as envisaged in G.O.Rt.No.655 and that the said review revealed that the petitioner is not facing threat to his life. In support of her submission, the learned Assistant Government Pleader placed before the Court the detailed report of the Superintendent of Police, Kadapa District. A careful perusal of the said report reveals that the Superintendent of Police found that there is no threat to the petitioner’s life. It is also stated in the report that a police picket is stationed in Kasanur Village, Simhadripuram Mandal, Kadapa District, of which the petitioner is a resident. Having carefully gone through the report, I am of the opinion that this Court will not sit in appeal over the review made by the competent authority and therefore, no case is made out for granting the relief claimed in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, interim order dated 15.06.2007 is vacated. WPMP Nos.15560 of 2007 and 22518 of 2008 are disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 29th June, 2010 vrn