IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.24466 of 2008 Between: 1 V.S. Kannan, S/o. late Subhramanyam, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 2 Vallapu Unnamali Amma, W/o. Rangaswamy, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 3 Vallapu Krishna, S/o. Venkateswarlu, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 4 Vallapu Kalappa, S/o. Pitchaiah, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 5 Vallapu Ramalingam, S/o. Venakateswarlu, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 6 Derangula Leelavathi, W/o. Velu, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 7 Vallapu Lakshmi, W/o. Yedukondalu, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 8 Derangula Ponnuswamy, S/o. Govindu, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 9 Jerubula Ramalingam, S/o. Sappayan, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 10 Vallapu Mahalingam, S/o. Kannan, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 11 Vallapu Shankar, S/o. Kannan, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 12 Vallapu Chakravarthi, S/o. Kannan, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 13 Derangula Chandrika, W/o. Parusuraman, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. 14 Vallapu Venkateswarlu, S/o. Subramanayam, R/o. Jagath Nagar, Pulipadu Post, Mundlamuru Mandal, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Superintendent of Police, Ongole, Prakasam District. 2 Sub-Inspector of Police, Mundlamuru Police Station, Prakasam 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 may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or direction declaring the action of the respondents in not providing police protection to the petitioners as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the directions of this Hon’ble Court, consequently direct the respondents to provide police protection. Counsel for the Petitioners: MRS.K.LALITHA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.24466 OF 2008 ORDER: Heard both sides. According to the petitioners, they have migrated from Tamilnadu in the year 1976 and settled at Kellampalli village of Prakasam District. It is their case that they have been cultivating forest poramboke lands in Sy.Nos.272, 302, 303, 304, 308, 309, 310, 311 and 312 of the said village since 1976 and D-Form pattas were also granted in their favour in the year 1991, which were sought to be cancelled on one occasion at the instance of local political leaders, but however, subsequently restored on their approaching the Court. While so, as the local people were causing obstructions in the cultivation of the said lands, the petitioners have sought police protection and the same was provided during the years 1995 to 2002, and during the years 2002 to 2004, due to severe drought conditions, they could not cultivate the lands. Again, when there was adequate rain in the year 2005, the petitioners have raised paddy and other crops in those lands and when the crop was ready for harvesting, the local people interfered with their possession and highhandedly cut the crop in an extent of two acres. Thereupon, the petitioners have approached the District Collector and requested to provide police protection to them for cultivating the lands, but the same was not provided, in spite of directions of the District Collector to the 1st respondent- Superintendent of Police, Ongole, to investigate the matter and pass appropriate orders. Therefore, the 1st petitioner has ﬁled W.P.No.5817 of 2006 before this Court, questioning the action of the respondents in not providing police protection, and the same was disposed of on 10.04.2006, in view of the undertaking given by the respondents that they would provide police aid as and when requested by the petitioners. Now, the grievance of the petitioners is that, pursuant to the disposal of the aforesaid writ petition, they have made several representations to the respondents seeking to provide police protection to them to cultivate the lands referred to above, as some antisocial elements are interfering with their cultivation and threatening with dire consequences, but the same is not provided till date. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondents, on instructions, submits that the respondents are always ready and willing to provide police protection to the petitioners as and when requested, but the petitioners never approached the respondents and they have not submitted any documents to prove that they are in possession and enjoyment of the lands mentioned above. Since the only grievance of the petitioners is that no police protection is being provided and now that the learned Government Pleader has submitted that police protection would be provided to the petitioners as and when they need it, the writ petition is disposed of recording the aforesaid submission of the learned Government Pleader and directing the respondents to provide police protection to the petitioners, as and when they request, in accordance with law. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 19th November, 2008. IBL Note:- Issue CC in three days. BO IBL