IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 10132 of 2003 Between: V.Krishna Rao S/o Shivaramaiah R/o 101, Amarnath Apts., Shivanagar Warangal District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Sub-Inspector of Police, Warangal Interzargunj Police Station Warangal Dist. 2 The Circle Inspector of Police, Matwada Matwada P.S. Warangal Warangal Dist. 3 The Superintendent of Police, Warangal Warangal Dist. 4 S.Ram Gopal Reddy S/o Gopal Reddy R/o H.No.7, Opp: Subedari Police Station, Subedari, Hanmkonda, Warangal Dist. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in putting a lock to the business premises bearing No.8-7-168, Station Road, Warangal, belonging to the petitioner for non-payment of certain amounts to the 4th respondent thereby interfering with the petitioner business activities as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.PRABHAKAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in putting a lock to the business premises bearing No. 8-7- 168, Station Road, Warangal belonging to him for non-payment of certain amounts to the 4th respondent thereby interfering with the petitioner business activities, as illegal and arbitrary. A counter has been filed by the respondents 1 to 3 stating that certain civil disputes are pending between the petitioner and the 4th respondent. It is further stated that the petitioner filed the suit O.S.No.478 of 2003 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Warangal and with regard to the said civil disputes, the police is nothing to do with it and the respondents 1 and 2 never locked the business premises of the petitioner for the alleged non-payment of the amounts payable to the 4th respondent. All the allegations with regard to putting locks and interfering with the petitioner’s business have been denied by the respondents. In view of the categorical denial of all the allegations by the respondents, no orders are required to be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. Date:02.04.2008 Ccm To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{JCS}