HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.28346 of 2010 Date : 14.02.2011 Between : Mohammed Zakriuddin. …..Petitioner And The State of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, Home Department & others. .....Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.28346 of 2010 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions to declare the inaction on the part of respondents in considering his representation, dated 17.09.2010, as illegal and arbitrary. By representation, dated 17.09.2010, the petitioner has represented to the Superintendent of Police, Nizamabad, that he was falsely implicated in Crime No.12 of 1996 on the file of the II-Town Police Station, Nizamabad and he was arrayed as Accused No.6 in the said crime, which was later numbered as Sessions Case No.111 of 1997, in which, he was acquitted by the learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Nizamabad on 18.11.1999. In the said representation, it is further submitted that his photographs were displayed in the display board of the Police Station without any basis, as such, he sought for removal of his photographs from the display board of the Police Station. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondents, it is stated that the petitioner was involved in Crime No.12 of 1996, in which, he was acquitted on 18.11.1999, but it is stated that as the petitioner is actively participating in communal matters and creating communal feelings in Nizamabad town, a Communal Suspect Sheet was opened and it is being continued. The photos of the petitioner are also displayed in the display board of the Police Station, to avoid communal troubles in Nizamabad town. Counter further states that close surveillance over the activities of the petitioner is required in the interest of public peace and tranquility. For the purpose of surveillance, it is not necessary to display the photograph of the petitioner in the display board of the Police Station. As much as the petitioner is already acquitted in the crime in which he was shown as accused, and in the absence of registration of any further crimes against him, on mere suspicion, respondents ought not to have displayed his photographs in the display board. In any event, as the petitioner has already represented for removal of his photographs from the display board of the Police Station by his representation, dated 17.09.2010, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider the request of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of this order. The petitioner shall enclose a copy of the representation, dated 17.09.2010, along with a copy of this order and produce before the Superintendent of Police, Nizamabad District. Subject to above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 14th February 2011 ajr