APHC010013752026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 869/2026 Between: 1.MAHAMMAD NOORJAHAN, W/O MOHAMMAD KHALILUIIA BAIGH, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, OCC GOVT. EMPLOYEE, R/O H.NO. 5-60, MAIN ROAD, TADUVAI, JANGAREDDYGUDEM MANDAL, ELURU DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1.THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI 522238, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT 2.THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ELURU DISTRICT AT ELURU. 534001 3.THE JANGAREDDYGUDEM POLICE STATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS STATION HOUSE OFFICER, JANGAREDDYGUDEM, ELURU DISTRICT-534447 4.THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, JANGAREDDYGUDEM POLICE STATION, ELURU DISTRICT-534447 5.KOTIKALAPUDI VARALAKSHMI, W/O SURYA PANDURANGARAO (LATE), AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/O NEAR TANDRA PAPARAYUDU STATUE, JANGAREDDYGUDEM, ELURU DISTRICT-534447 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 2 1.SASANKA BHUVANAGIRI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1.GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed challenging the high-handed action of Respondent Nos.3 & 4 and their staff calling the Petitioner to the Police Station without there being any case registered against her and pressurising her to pay Rs.7,20,000/- to the Respondent No.5 or execute a sale deed alienating her house to Respondent No.5 and harassing the Petitioner by demanding payment of the said amount to the Respondent No.5. 2. Learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that Respondent No.5 has submitted a complaint on 04.11.2025. Based on that compliant the Respondent No.4 has called the Petitioner to the Police Station and after conducting a preliminary enquiry it was noticed that the case is of civil in nature. Therefore, Respondent No.4 later has not committed any activities as alleged in the Writ Petition. 3. Be that as it may, the police have no power or authority to conduct any mediations in respect of civil disputes at the behest of the unofficial Respondent. 4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the police not to interfere in the civil dispute pending in between the Petitioner and Respondent No.5. No order as to costs. 3 As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ Dr. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Dated: 21.01.2026 VTS