THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 21984 of 2006. DATED: 8-11-2006 Between: Harijana Bala Nagamma …Petitioner and The Director General of Police, Government of A.P., Hyderabad and others. …Respondents. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No. 21984 of 2006. Oral order: The grievance in the writ petition is regarding the intransigence and delay by the respondents in particular the 3rd respondent with regard to investigating Crime No. 87 of 2003 of P.S. Kurnool wherein the accused are alleged of having committed offences inter alia under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Attrocities) Act, 1996. The 3rd respondent has filed counter-affidavit stating that the investigation was taken up by the predecessor of the answering respondent, that six witnesses were examined and their detailed statements were recorded, that except the complainant, the rest of the witnesses did not speak anything about the commission of the offence, that the investigation so far done discloses political rivalry which was the cause for the complaint, and that proposals were sent to the 2nd respondent on 21-10-2006 seeking permission of the said respondent to file a final report stating that the complaint is false. The 4th respondent states that as and when the permission is accorded, final report will be filed before the concerned Court by following the due process of law. There is no resistance to the assertions in the counter-affidavit. Therefore, no further cause to proceed in the matter. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J 8th November, 2006. GRR