IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 17025 of 2005 Between: Balaji Manohar, S/o. T. Ramchandraiah, R/o. Dharmavaram Village, Hindupur Town, Ananthapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Superintendent of Police, Ananthapur District. 2 The Inspector of Police, Hindupur, Ananthapur District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the Respondents in keepting the rowdy sheet open though there is no criminal cases pending against the petitioner herein as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to close the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner and such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deems fit and proper Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.Y.ASHOK RAJ Counsel for the Respondenta: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: It is stated that criminal cases filed against the petitioner in Crime No.83 of 2000 on the file of Hindupur I Town Police Station and Crime No.52 of 2000 on the file of the Hindupur II Town Police Station have been ended in acquittal and the bound over periods in Crime Nos.10 of 2004 and 101 of 2004 on the file of Sub-Divisional Executive Magistrate at Penugonda were also expired and no cases are pending against him. But, still the rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner has not been closed. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to file a representation before the Sub- Divisional Executive Magistrate at Penugonda and on filing such representation, the Sub-Divisional Executive Magistrate at Penugonda shall call for the report from the second respondent and pass appropriate orders, keeping in view the provisions of the A.P. Police Manual, Part-I, Volume-II. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. Date:24.04.2008 Ccm To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}