IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY WRIT PETITION No.9636 of 2009 Between: Fishermen Co-operative Society, Balbadraipally village, Kosgi Mandal, Mahabubnagar District, reptd., by its President-Sri Kashimaiah, S/o.Pedda Sayappa, 32 yrs, Balbadriapally village, Kosgi Mandal, Mahabubnagar District. … Petitioner And The Superintendent of Police, O/o.the Superintendent of Police, Mahabubnagar and two others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri T.Prayadyumna Kumar Reddy. Counsel for the respondent: AGP for Home for R.1 & R.2. This Court made the following: ORDER:- The petitioner, a Fishermen Co-operative Society, sought for a Writ of Mandamus to respondents 1 and 2 to take appropriate action against certain persons, who are unauthorisedly interfering in the fishing activities of the petitioner-Society. The petitioner also sought for a direction to respondent No.2 to provide police protection to the members of the Society while catching fish in Channappa Cheruvu and protect their rights. Though no counter-affidavit is filed so far, the relief claimed in the Writ Petition for giving Police protection cannot be granted. The petitioner has not impleaded those, who are allegedly interfering with its fishing activity. Moreover, the Police cannot be made to interfere in the civil disputes between the petitioner and third parties unless the petitioner identifies the persons and approaches the civil Court of competent jurisdiction for appropriate relief to prevent them from interfering with its activities. It is only thereafter that the Police can come to the aid of the petitioner to effectuate the order of the Court. Hence, no direction to respondents 1 and 2, to give police protection to the members of the petitioner-Society, at this stage, can be granted. As regards the complaint of the petitioner on the inaction of respondents 1 and 2 in taking appropriate action on its complaint, respondent No.2 is directed to act on the complaint of the petitioner, said to have been given on 24-4-2009, and if he finds that the contents of the said complaint disclose commission of an offence, he shall register a case against the persons responsible, investigate into the same and take appropriate action in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:15-6-2009 MNR