APHC010216322019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 9460/2019 Between: 1. GUDABANDI VENKATA SIVA RAMI REDDY @ SIDDA REDDY, S/O BRAHMA REDDY AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, OCC CONTRACTOR, R/O VEPACHETTU CENTRE, VENIGANDLA VILLAGE PEDDAKAKANI MANDAL GUNTUR DISTRICT A.P. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF A P, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HOME DEPARTMENT A.P. SECRETARIAT, AT VELAGAPUDI, AMRAVATHI A.P. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GUNTUR DISTRICT. A.P. 3. THE SUB DIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER NORTH SUB DIVISION, GUNTUR URBAN GUNTUR DISTRICT A.P. 4. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE PEDDAKAKANI POLICE STATION, PEDDAKAKANI GUNTUR DISTRICT A.P. 5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER PEDDAKAKANI POLICE STATION, PEDDAKAKANI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. A.P. ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. RAMESH BABU NELATURI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME (AP) The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No.9460 OF 2019 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the following relief: “….to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly in the nature of MANDAMUS, Declaring the action of the respondents 2 to 5 in opening and maintaining the Rowdy Sheet/ History Sheet No 5 of 2013 in the name of the petitioner by displaying the photo at Peddakakani Police Station Guntur Urban, Guntur District as being Illegal, Arbitrary Capricious Malafide, not only Contrary to Police Standing Orders 601 and 742 but also contrary to the various Judgments rendered by the Honorable High Courts and Apex Court, Violative of Articles 14, 16, 19, and 21 of the Constitution of India consequently direct the respondents 2 to 5 to close the Rowdy Sheet/ History Sheet by removing the name and photo of the petitioner form the Peddakakani Police Station Guntur Urban, Guntur District…” 2. Learned Additional Government Pleader for Home on written instructions would submit that the impugned rowdy sheet in the case was already been closed as per proceedings of the Sub-Divisional Police officer, Guntur District vide C.No.152/BCs/SDPO North/GTR/2024, dated 27.12.2024. 3. In that view of the matter, nothing remains for further adjudication. 4. Recording the submission made by the learned Additional Government Pleader for Home, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. 4 As a sequel thereto, interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 22.08.2025 Pmk 5 68 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No:9460 OF 2019 Date: 22.08.2025 Pmk