THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO WRIT PETITION No.22172 of 2006 Dated: 27-10-2006 Between: Smt. S. Anthamma. ..... PETITIONER AND The Station House Officer, Rangareddy District, and two others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO WRIT PETITION No.22172 of 2006 ORDER: The petitioner statedly belongs to scheduled caste. Alleging commission of offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (the Act, for brevity) by respondent Nos.2 and 3, she approached respondent No.1 with a written complaint. She alleges that instead of registering the complaint as cognizable offence under Section 154(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(CrPC), respondent No.1 refused to receive the complaint. The petitioner, therefore, seeks a direction to respondent No.1 to receive the complaint, register the same and take further action according to law. This Court, having regard to Section 4 of the Act, which makes negligence in discharge of duties by public officials a culpable offence, directed the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home to get instructions from respondent No.1. When the matter is again called in the afternoon, the learned Assistant Government Pleader, after getting instructions, submits that respondent No.1 was never approached by the petitioner with a copy of the complaint and that as and when such complaint is received, respondent No.1 will take necessary action in accordance with Section 154(1) CrPC. The submission of the learned Assistant Government Pleader is recorded. Giving liberty to the petitioner to approach respondent No.1 with a copy of the complaint immediately, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ____________ V.V.S.RAO, J 27th October, 2006 Note: Issue CC by 30-10-2006 B/o ghn