IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 4867 of 2008 Between: 1 P. Ratnaiah S/o Ellappa r/o Mambapur Village, Peddemul Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. 2 Babaiah S/o Sayanna r/o Chaitanyanagar, Peddemul Village & Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Station House Officer, Yalal, Yalal, Mandal, Ranga Reddy District. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioners: MRVENKATARAGHU RAMULU Counsel for the Respondent: AGP FOR HOME The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 4867 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare seizure of Tractors bearing registration Nos.AP 22-APTR 0044 and AP 22-APTR 0045 on 29.02.2008 and registering crime No.25 of 2008, as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and contrary to the provisions of the A.P. Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002. The petitioners also sought for a consequential direction to the respondent to release the abovementioned Tractors. Heard Sri Venkat Raghu Ramulu, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. A perusal of the record shows that the abovementioned two Tractors belonging to the petitioners were seized on the allegation that they were involved in theft of sand and a crime was registered on 29.02.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that though a crime was registered, so far the Tractors seized by the respondent were not produced before the jurisdictional Magistrate to enable the petitioners to seek their release. Having regard to the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners, the writ petition is disposed of. The respondent shall take immediate steps to produce the seized Tractors before the jurisdictional Magistrate/In-charge Magistrate if the regular Magistrate is not functioning, within a period of six days from today and on such production, the petitioners shall be free to file applications before the Magistrate concerned for their release. On such applications being filed by the petitioners, the Magistrate concerned shall dispose of the same expeditiously. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.6316 of 2008 filed by the petitioners for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 07.03.2008 Note:- Issue CC by 10.03.2008. B/o. ES