APHC010053902026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4369/2026 Between: 1. CHITTE PRATAP REDDY, S/O C. VENKATA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, OCC. AGRICULTURE, RESIDENT OF D.NO. 2/78, T. SADIPIRALLA VILLAGE, KAMALAPURAM MANDAL, Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT. - 516289 2. MUDIREDDY VANAJA,, W/O LATE MADUSUDHAN REDDY, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, OCC. AGRICULTURE, RESIDENT OF T. SADIPIRALLA VILLAGE, KAMALAPURAM MANDAL, Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT.-516289 ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI. -522238 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, ANDHRA PRADESH STATE, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. -522503 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT, KADAPA. -516001 4. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KADAPA SUB- DIVISION, KADAPA DISTRICT-516001 5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KAMALAPURAM POLICE STATION, KADAPA DISTRICT.-516287 2 6. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, VALLURU POLICE STATION, KADAPA DISTRICT.-516293 7. KOPPURU DEVENDRA REDDY, S/O NOT KNOWN, AGE. 50 YEARS OCCUPATION. AGRICULTURE, R/O T. SADIPIRALLA VILLAGE, KAMALAPURAM MANDAL. -516289 8. KOPPARI BIYAPPU SUBBA REDDY, S/O NOT KNOWN, AGE. 47 YEARS OCCUPATION. AGRICULTURE, R/O T. SADIPIRALLA VILLAGE, KAMALAPURAM MANDAL. -516289 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. KARIMIREDDY HEMA CHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: 3 ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed for the following relief: “…to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order, or Direction declaring the persistent and arbitrary actions of Respondents particularly Respondent Nos. 5 and 6 on the instigation Private Respondent Nos. 7 and 8 in frequently calling the Petitioners to the police stations without any registered crime, FIR, or legal basis, or complaint or without arrest warrant or without issuing the mandatory Notice of Appearance under Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, as illegal, arbitrary, and a colorable exercise of power and continuous criminal intimidation, severe mental torture, and specifically the illegal threats of framing the Petitioners in a 'False Large Quantity Ganja Case' (NDPS) to coerce the alienation of ancestral land in Survey No. 585-1 are in flagrant violation of the mandatory procedural safeguards and guidelines laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 273 and D.K. Basu vs. State of West Bengal (1997) 1 SCC 416, thereby infringing upon the Petitioner's Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and declaring the action of Respondent Nos. 5 and 6 in interfering with a purely civil land dispute regarding settled possession of agricultural land in Survey No. 585-1 (Khata 1325) at the behest of Private Respondent Nos. 7 and 8 as ultra vires and contrary to the law of the land, and consequently directing the Respondents to provide immediate and effective police protection to the Petitioners and his family members and to strictly ensure that Respondent Nos. 7 and 8 or any persons claiming through them do not interfere with the Petitioner's peaceful possession and cultivation of the subject land…” 2. Heard the learned counsel for Petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri K. Hema Chandra Reddy, learned counsel for Petitioners, submits that, at the behest of Respondent Nos.7 and 8, the police authorities are interfering in a civil dispute relating to certain immovable property. 4. Per contra, Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that Petitioner No.1 is involved in a ganja case, and that Crime No. 11 of 2026 of Vallur Police Station under Sections 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for brevity, ‘the N.D.P.S Act’) has been registered 4 against him. It is further submitted that civil disputes are pending between the Petitioners and the unofficial Respondents. 5. Indeed, the police shall refrain from interfering in the civil dispute. However, even assuming that Petitioner No.1 is involved in the N.D.P.S case, the police, under the guise of the said case, cannot resort to arm- twisting methods against Petitioner No.1 in settling the civil disputes. 6. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, and recording the submissions made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader, this Writ Petition is disposed of directing Respondent Nos.4 to 6 not to interfere in the civil disputes pending between the Petitioners and Respondent Nos.7 and 8. However, it is made clear that the police are at liberty to proceed in accordance with law against Petitioner No.1 in connection with Crime No.11 of 2026 of Vallur Police Station. 7. With the above observations, 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: 17.02.2026 PRA 5 89 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4369 of 2026 Date: 17.02.2026 PRA