THE HONOURABLE SHRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 22618 OF 2002 Dated 25th July, 2007 Between: Kurra Lakshmi Venkata Hemanth Kumar S/o Venkata Narasimha Rao. …Petitioner And The Superintendent of Police, Guntur District, Guntur and others. …Respondents. ORAL ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 1 and 2 in interfering with the petitioner’s life and liberty as illegal and arbitrary. The case of the petitioner is that the third respondent is a money-lender and one Mr.Inampudi Ramababu and Attimalla Phani Raju had borrowed an amount of Rs.6,00,000/- from third respondent by executing a promissory note and the petitioner was the mediator for both the parties. It is the grievance of the petitioner that on account of non-payment of the said amount by the borrowers to the third respondent, on the complaint of the third respondent, respondents 1 and 2 are harassing the petitioner by calling to the police station and by confining him illegally. Counter affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents 1 and 2, wherein it is categorically denied that they are not aware of the disputes inter se third respondent and the petitioner. The allegation of the petitioner with regard to obtaining of the signature of the petitioner and his illegal confinement is also denied. The averments made in the counter affidavit are not denied by the petitioner by filing any reply-affidavit. Therefore, recording the statement made in the counter affidavit filed by the respondents 1 and2 that they are not interfering with the petitioner’s life and liberty, the writ petition is closed. No costs. _____________________ 25-7-2007 R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. VR