IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.14685 of 2009 Between: Bethapudi Koteswara Rao, ..... PETITIONER AND The Superintendent of Police, Guntur and others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER : The Writ Petition IS filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents herein to discontinue the petitioner's name in the list of Rowdy Sheeters i.e., Rowdy Sheet No.229A on the file of the 4th respondent Police Station. According to the petitioner, though no crimes are registered against the petitioner and no cases are pending against him, the police unnecessarily opened a Rowdy Sheet and hence, he approached this Court and filed the present Writ Petition. The learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, conceeded the said fact and submitted that no cases or crimes are pending against the petitioner. When, once no cases ARE pending or no crimes are registered against the petitioner, it is not known as to how and why the police have opened a Rowdy Sheet. Definitely due to the opening of a Rowdy Sheet, causes any amount of inconvenience to the petitioner. Now, the learned Assistant Government Pleader also reported that no cases or crimes are registered against the petitioner. Therefore, the respondent police are hereby directed to close the said Rowdy Sheet forthwith. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J August 6, 2009 KSH