APHC010024842026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 1697/2026 Between: Yallapu Satyanarayana ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Ap and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. K S S NARAYANA 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 Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of the respondents more particularly respondent No 5 in not providing police protection against respondent No 6 to 8 and their men from trespassing into my lands in Sy.No.213/2 & 213.3 admeasuring to a total extent of Ac.4.20 cents situated at Chowduvada Village, Kotauratla Mandal, Anakapalli District, and preventing them from damaging my property as unfair unjust arbitrary and in violation of my fundamental rights under Articles 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India and to consequently direct the respondents more 2 particularly respondent No 5 to provide police protection against respondent No 6 to 8 and their men from trespassing into my lands in Sy No 213/2 & 213.3 admeasuring to a total extent of Ac.4.20 cents situated at Chowduvada Village, Kotauratla Mandal, Anakapalli District, and prevent them from damaging my property and to pass such other order(s)….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Sri G. Suraj, learned counsel representing Sri K.S.S. Narayana, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the police have not taken any action on the representation made by the petitioner against the unofficial respondents, even though the petitioner has obtained a judgment and decree in his favour in O.S. No.77 of 2020, dated 30.06.2025, on the file of the learned Principal Junior Civil Judge Court, Narsipatnam. 4. Sri Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, submits that a civil suit is pending between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents in respect of the same subject matter. He further submits that nearly six FIRs have been registered after receipt of the survey report from the Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO), and that further action will be taken against the violators strictly in accordance with law, as per the instructions of the competent authority. 5. Be that as it may, if any representation made by the petitioner is not being considered either by respondent No.4 or respondent No.5, the petitioner has an alternative, effective, and efficacious remedy under Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or under Section 3 210 read with Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNSS”), by approaching the jurisdictional Magistrate. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the writ petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate for redressal of his grievance by filing a complaint under Section 190 read with Section 200 of „the Cr.P.C.,‟ / Section 210 read with Section 223 of „the BNSS.‟ 7. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 27.01.2026 KMS 4 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.1697 of 2026 Date: 27.01.2026 KMS 185