APHC010017722026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 1479/2026 Between: NARIPOGU NARASAPPA, S/O NARIPOGU NARASANNA, AGED ABOUT 29 YRS, OCC. SOCIAL ACTIVIST, R/O HOUSE NO. 7-78-1, DEVANAKONDA VILLAGE AND MANDAL, KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH-518465. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI. - 522238 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. - 522503. 3. THE DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, KURNOOL RANGE, KURNOOL DISTRICT. - 518001 4. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KURNOOL DISTRICT. -518001 5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, DEVANAKONDA POLICE STATION, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 518465. 6. VAMSINATH, S/O NOT KNOWN, STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PODDUTUR 2 TOWN POLICE STATION, KADAPA DISTRICT. - 516360. ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.1479 of 2026 Dated 20.01.2026 Counsel for the Petitioner: BUCHIGARI KIRAN Counsel for the Respondent(S): 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 a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action and inaction of Respondent Nos.2 to 4 in not considering enquiring into or taking any action on the Petitioners complaint dated 18.12.2025 submitted against Respondent No 6 for willful failure to register an FIR in respect of cognizable offences as illegal arbitrary unreasonable contrary to the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct Respondent Nos.2 to 4 to consider the said complaint dated 18.12.2025 forthwith conduct a proper independent and time bound enquiry into the conduct of Respondent No. 6 and to initiate appropriate departmental and disciplinary action against him in accordance with law and pass….” 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that he submitted a written report to respondent No.5 on 19.11.2025 against respondent No.6. No action was taken by respondent No.6, as per the version of the petitioner. The petitioner also submitted a representation on 18.12.2025 to respondent No.4, yet no action was taken. 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.1479 of 2026 Dated 20.01.2026 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 4. The learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions from respondent No.5, submits that upon receipt of the PGRS petition dated 19.11.2025 submitted by the petitioner, respondent No.5 conducted an enquiry and submitted a report on 03.12.2025, duly furnishing an endorsement to the petitioner. In the enquiry, it was revealed that the petitioner himself had already approached the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Pattikonda, by filing CFR No.2187 of 2025 on the same issue. 5. The learned Assistant Government Pleader further submits that there was neither inaction nor refusal on the part of respondent No.4. It is further pertinent to mention that one S. Jyothi, Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO), Devanakonda Mandal, submitted a written complaint on 02.01.2026. The same was received by respondent No.5, and he registered a case in Cr.No.01 of 2026 under Sections 329(3), 324(5) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNS’), and Section 3(1) of the PDPP Act of Devanakonda UPS, Kurnool District, and took up investigation. The said case is pending investigation to secure further material evidence from the petitioner. 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.1479 of 2026 Dated 20.01.2026 6. In view of the above, the grievance of the petitioner is already pending before the jurisdictional Magistrate in CFR No.2187 of 2025, apart from the fact that a case on the same allegations has already been registered at the behest of the Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Devanakonda. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of, giving liberty to the petitioner to work out his remedies in CFR No.2187 of 2025 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Pattikonda. 8. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 20.01.2026 RSI 5 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.1479 of 2026 Dated 20.01.2026 53 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 1479 of 2026 Date: 20.01.2026 RSI