IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.16587 of 2010 BETWEEN Pepakayala Surya Rao. ... PETITIONER AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by the Sub-Divsional Police Officer, Amalapuram, East Godavari District and two others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. A. NAGENDRA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following order: ORDER: The petitioner seeks a direction to the police authorities, respondents 1 and 2, to take action upon his complaint dated 14.08.2010 and investigate into the alleged offence. 2. In the light of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in SAKIRI VASU v. STATE OF U.P.[1], a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is not the proper remedy in the event the police do not register a complaint or do not properly investigate into an alleged offence. The proper procedure is to invoke the alternate remedy available i.e. to approach the Superintendent of Police under Section 154(3) and/or the concerned Magistrate under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Without availing such remedy, the petitioner herein approached this Court directly. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed at the threshold leaving it open to the petitioner to avail the appropriate remedy under the Cr.P.C. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ SANJAY KUMAR, J July 13, 2010 DSK [1] (2008) 2 SCC 409