APHC010004502026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 391/2026 Between: 1. MEKALA TIRUMALAIAH, S/O. DIBBAIAH, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, OCCUPATION FARMER, RESIDENT OF GALI CHENNAIAH PALEM VILLAGE, BANDI ATMAKUR MANDAL, NANDYAL DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, AMARAVATI. 2. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, NANDYAL DISTRICT. 3. 3. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE RURAL, NANDYAL 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, BANDI ATMAKUR POLICE STATION, NANDYAL DISTRICT. 5. 5. THE GALI CHENNAIAH PALEM GRAM PANCHYAT, REP. BY ITS PANCHYAT SECRETARY, GALI CHENNAIAH PALEM VILLAGE. BANDI ATMAKUR MANDAL, NANDYAL DISTRICT. 6 6. KASU SRINIVASULU, S/O. K. VENKATA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS. RESIDENT OF GALI CHENNAIAH PALEM VILLAGE, BANDI ATMAKUR MANDAL, NANDYAL DISTRICT. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SATYANARAYANA NIMMALA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME 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 or order or direction, preferably one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of 4th respondent in interfering with civil disputes by calling the petitioner to the Police Station and threatening the petitioner with dire consequences of eviction by using Police force without any authority or jurisdiction, as illegal, arbitrary, highhanded, cannot be justified in 2 the eye of law and consequently direct the 4th respondent not to harass the petitioner by interfering with civil disputes” 2. Heard Sri N.Satyanarayana, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home would submit that the District Collector, Nandyal, registered the grievance of the petitioner’s wife as a PGRS grievance, and the same was forwarded to the Station House Officer, Bandi Atmakur Police Station. Upon enquiry, it was found that the matter is civil in nature and, therefore, no crime has been registered. Learned Assistant Government Pleader would further 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. However, the police are directed not to interfere in the civil disputes between the parties except under due process of law. 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:07.01.2026 Asr 3 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.391 of 2026 Dt.07.01.2026 Asr