IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRAPRADESH AT HYDERABAD HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.13253 of 2010 DATE: 08.12.2011 Between: G.C.Venkateswarlu …… Petitioner And The State of A.P, Sub-Inspector of Police, Kovur P.S rep. by its Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad and another …..Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL PETITION No.13253 of 2010 ORDER : The petitioner who is working as Village Revenue Oﬃcer is accused of oﬀences punishable under Sections 167 and 465 I.P.C. The allegation against him is that he tampered adangals from 1412 fasli to 1417 fasli in respect of certain lands. After preliminary enquiry, regular departmental enquiry is going on against the petitioner on this allegation. On the report of the Tahsildar, the police booked the case. It is contended by the petitioner’s counsel that since departmental enquiry is going on against the petitioner, the Tahsildar should not have given report to the police on the self-same allegations. There is no legal bar for registering a case in respect of an allegation on which departmental enquiry is pending against the petitioner, in case the said allegation constitutes an offence under the criminal law. It is contended that Undralla Penchalaiah who is said to have been prejudiced by the alleged tampering of records, is not the complainant herein and that a civil suit and a tenancy case are also pending on these lands. Irrespective of giving report/complaint by the aﬀected party, since the record alleged to have been tampered is an oﬃcial record of the revenue department, the Tahsildar is competent to give report in this case. At any rate, the investigating oﬃcer would record statements of witnesses and come to an independent conclusion without being carried away by the pending departmental enquiry against the petitioner. I do not ﬁnd any valid or legal reasons to quash F.I.R in this case. 2) Subject to the above observations, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. _______________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J December 08, 2011 ksh