DEVABHAKTHUNI CHANDRAKALA v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH
WP/11650/2026 · 2026-04-29
Y Lakshmana Rao
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APHC010208532026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 11650/2026 Between:
1. DEVABHAKTHUNI CHANDRAKALA, W/O.HARIBABU, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, OCC. HOUSEWIFE, R/O.D.NO.13-99, POST OFFICE STREET, GANNAVARAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT - 521101. ...PETITIONER AND
1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP.BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY - HOME,
SECRETARIAT, AMARAVATHI AT VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT-522238
2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, MACHILIPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT-521001. 3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GANNAVARAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT-521101. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, GANNAVARAM POLICE STATION, GANNAVARAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT-521101. 5. JASTI RAMU, S/O. VENKATARATNAM, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O.POST OFFICE STREET, GANNAVARAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT -
521101. ...RESPONDENT(S):
Counsel for the Petitioner:
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Dr.YLR, J
W.P.No.11650 of 2026
Dated 30.04.2026
1. B V ANJANEYULU Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER:
The Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief :-
“…to issue a Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the inaction of the 4th respondent in receiving and take necessary action on my complaint dated 14.04.2026 made against the 5th respondent as illegal, arbitrary and violation Art 14, 19 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to act upon the complaint dated 14.04.2026 and pass such order(s).”
2. Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Sri B.V. Anjaneyulu, learned Counsel for the Petitioner, submits that Respondent No. 4 has not taken any action against Respondent No. 5 on the basis of the complaint submitted by the Petitioner. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on written instructions, submits that the complaint of the Petitioner was forwarded to the learned jurisdictional Magistrate, who registered it as an STC. 5. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the learned jurisdictional Magistrate to dispose of the STC in accordance with law
6. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. 3
Dr.YLR, J
W.P.No.11650 of 2026
Dated 30.04.2026
As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, if any pending shall stand closed. _________________________ DR.
Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 30.04.2026 KMS
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Dr.YLR, J
W.P.No.11650 of 2026
Dated 30.04.2026
97 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
Writ PETITION No.11650 of 2026
Date: 30.04.2026
KMS