IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF MARCH, TWO THOUSAND TEN PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.24905 of 2009 Between: M. Selva Kumari … Petitioner And The Superintendent of Police, Chittoor District & others. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Ms. I. Durga Devi for Sri I. Koti Reddy Counsel for respondent Nos.1-3: AGP for Home This Court made the following: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.24905 of 2009 ORDER:- This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the inaction of respondent Nos.1 to 3 in acting on the petitioner’s complaint dated 06.10.2009 against respondent Nos.4 to 7 as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to respondent Nos.1 to 3 to provide police protection for construction of temple. In her affidavit, the petitioner pleaded that on 02.10.2009 at about 3.00 p.m., when she was involved in construction of Sri Raja Rajeshwari Temple, respondent Nos.4 to 7 kicked and beat her and threatened her with dire consequences. The petitioner gave complaint dated 06.10.2009 to respondent No.3. As no action was taken on the said complaint, she filed the present writ petition. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 3, respondent No.3 inter alia stated that the complaint of the petitioner was investigated into and that the same was found false. It is further stated that the dispute between the petitioner and her husband on the one side and respondent Nos.4 to 7 on the other is purely civil in nature and therefore no action could be taken on the petitioner’s complaint. Under Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has a right to file a private complaint, as held by the Supreme Court in Aleque Padamsee and others Vs. Union of India and others[1]. In view of the same, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to avail the abovementioned remedy. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, WPMP.No.32427 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 22.03.2010 ES [1] (2007) 6 SCC 171