IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 7705 of 2004 Between: 1 P.Venkat Rami Reddy, S/o Ayyapu Reddy, R/o Balapalapalli Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 2 P.Bhaskar Reddy, S/o Ayyapu Reddy, R/o Balapalapalli Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 3 P.Sreenivasulu, S/o Ayyapu Reddy, R/o Balapalapalli Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 4 P.Venkateswara Reddy, S/o Ayyapu Reddy, R/o Balapalapalli Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 5 P.Vijaya Raghava Reddy, S/o Ayyapu Reddy, R/o Balapalapalli Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 6 P.Rama Kishore Chowdary, S/o Bhaskar Reddy, R/o Bethamcherla Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 7 K.Ashok, S/o Varada Rajulu, R/o Bethamcherla village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 8 P.Subba Reddy, S/o Nagi Reddy, R/o Bethamcherla Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 9 Katasani Rami Reddy, S/o Obula Reddy, R/o Bethamcherla Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 10 K.Siva Reddy, S/o Pedda Rami Reddy, R/o Bethamcherla Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 11 Aswartha Reddy, S/o Malla Reddy, R/o Bethamcherla Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 12 U.Pedda Muni Reddy, s/o Musali Reddy, R/o Bethamcherla Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 13 K.Prasad Reddy, S/o Nagi Reddy, R/o Bethamcherla Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 14 Katasani Chandra Sekhar Reddy, S/o Narsimha Reddy, R/o Bethamcherla Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 15 B.Sreenivasulu, S/o Venkataiah, R/o Bugganipalli Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District 16 Valegala Venakateswarlu, S/o Nagaiah, R/o Banaganapalli Village, Banaganapalli Mandal, Kurnool District 17 U.Adi Hussain Reddy, S/o Chinna Hussain Reddy, R/o Banaganapalli Village, Banaganapalli Mandal, Kurnool District 18 Kasireddy Thimma Reddy, S/o Pulla Reddy, R/o Banaganapalli Village, Banaganapalli Mandal, Kurnool District 19 Erukali Sunkanna, S/o Naganna, R/o Banaganapalli Village, Banaganapalli Mandal, Kurnool District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Superintendent of Police, Kurnool District, Kurnool 2 The Dy.Superintendent of Police, Dhone Sub Division, Kurnool District. 3 The Circle Inspector, Banaganapalli Police Station, Kurnool District. 4 The Sub Inspector of Police, Bethamcherla Police Station, Kurnool District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction or particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondent police in trying/resorting to arrest the petitioners before elections scheduled to be held on 26-04-2004 only yielding to the pressures local ruling party M.L.A.even though petitioners have not committed any criminal act and not required in any crime, as illegal, unwarranted, violative of Article 14,19,21 and 300A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to allow the petitioners to exercise their right to vote without resorting for indiscriminate arrest of the petitioners Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.RATHANGA PANI REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 7705 of 2004 ORDER: Writ Petition is filed apprehending that the police are resorting to arrest the petitioners in order to prevent them from participating in the election to be held on 26-04-2004 at the instance of the ruling party M.L.A. Hence, they have filed the present writ petition not to arrest them and also to allow them to exercise their right without any fear. In view of the same, since elections are already concluded, the cause in the writ petition does not survive. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. _______________ kvr 16th July, 2004 To 1 The Superintendent of Police, Kurnool District, Kurnool 2 The Dy.Superintendent of Police, Dhone Sub Division, Kurnool District. 3 The Circle Inspector, Banaganapalli Police Station, Kurnool District. 4 The Sub Inspector of Police, Bethamcherla Police Station, Kurnool District 5. Two C.Cs. to G.P.for Home, High Court Buildings, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad.(OUT) 6. Two C.D.Copies.