IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 23RD JULY 2010 / 1ST SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 22974 of 2010(Q) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- V.K.NAVAS, S/O. KOCHU RAHIMAN, VAYALODATHU HOUSE, VELIYATHUNADU, PIN-683101. ALUVA REPRESENTED BY HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER SRI.P.M.JAMAL, S/O. KUNJUMUHAMMED, PULIKUZHY HOUSE, BHARATMATHA COLLEGE,(VIA) THRIKKAKARA, MUNDAMPALAM, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.G.HARIHARAN SRI.PRAVEEN.H. RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT (RURAL), AT ALUVA. 2. CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ALUVA. 3. SHANAVAS, S/O. RAMLA, MANGADAN HOUSE, KALADY P.O., KALADY - 683574. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.KAMMAPPU THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/07/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. --------------------------------- W.P.(C)No.22974 of 2010 ---------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2010 JUDGMENT Petitioner in this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeks a direction to the first respondent Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ernakulam, to take action on Ext.P3 complaint filed under Section 154(3) of Code of Criminal Procedure consequent on the refusal on the part of the Aluva Police to register a crime. 2. A writ petition is not the remedy for such inaction on the part of the first respondent (vide Sakiri Vasu Vs. State of U.P. (2008(1)KLT 724 (SC)). This writ petition is accordingly dismissed without prejudice to the right of the petitioner to move the Magistrate concerned for appropriate reliefs. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE skj