APHC010133662021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 7707/2021 Between: 1. CHOWDARI NARAYANA MURTHY, @ BABJI, S/O. LATE SATYANARAYANA, AGED 63 YEARS. 2. CHOWDARI DHANA LAKSHMI,, S/O. NARAYANA MURTHY @ BABJI, AGED 55 YEARS. 3. CHOWDARI AVINASH,, S/O. NARAYANA MURTHY @ BABJI, AGED 32 YEARS, ALL ARE RESIDENTS OF SHER MAHAMMADPURAM (S M PURAM) VILLAGE, ETCHERLA MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, DEPARTMENT OF HOME, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY. 2. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, SRIKAKULAM. 3. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, SRIKAKULAM SUB DIVISION, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. 4. INSPECTOR OF POLICE, J.R.PURAM CIRCLE, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. 5. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ETCHERLA POLICE STATION, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. 6. V CHANDRASEKHAR, INSPECTOR OF POLICE, J.R.PURAM CIRCLE, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. 7. SRI GANDAPU RAJESH, SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ETCHERLA POLICE STATION, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT. 8. KOONA SURYA RAO, S/O LATE CHINNA APPAYYA, AGED 52 YEARS, SARPANCH SHER MAHAMMADPURAM (S M PURAM) VILLAGE, ETCHERLA MANDAL, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. GINJUPALLI SUBBA RAO 2 Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME 2. S R SANKU AND KAVITI MURALI KRISHNA The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: “.... to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the repondents 2 to 8 in interfering with the reconstruction of the temple called Sri Sri Sri Umamaheswara Aalayam situated in Sher Mahammadpuram (SM Puram) Village, Etcherla Mandal, Srikakulam District, as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the reconstruction of the temple.” 2. Heard Sri G.Subba Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Md.Farooq, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, would submit that the police are not interfering in the civil disputes between the parties. 4. Recording the said submissions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:06.10.2025 ASR 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.7707 of 2021 Dt.06.10.2025 Asr