APHC010061132026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] FRIDAY,THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 3686/2026 Between: 1. GEDELA PYDI NAIDU, S/O. G. KRISHNAMMA LATE HINDU, MALE, AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 19-292, APPANNAPALEM, LAKSHMI NARASIMHA NAGAR, NEAR ASHRAM PUBLIC SCHOOL, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI, VISAKHAPATNAM - 530047 2. GEDELA APPALAKONDA,, W/O. G. PYDI NAIDU, HINDU, FEMALE, AGED 63 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 19-292, APPANNAPALEM, LAKSHMI NARASIMHA NAGAR, NEAR ASHRAM PUBLIC SCHOOL, VEPAGUNTA, PENDURTHI, VISAKHAPATNAM - 530047. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY PRINCIPLE SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, NELAPADU, AMARAVATHI-522 202. 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, VISHAKHAPATNAM - 530001. 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PENDURTHI POLICE STATION, VISHAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT - 531173. 4. GEDELA ANURADHA, W/O. LATE GEDELA SURESH, FEMALE, AGE 44 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.30-41-18/2, 104 AREA, BAPUJI NAGAR, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY - 530 009. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.3686 of 2026 Dated 20.02.2026 MANGENA SREE RAMA RAO 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 a direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No 3 in interfering into family disputes and also insisting the petitioners to settle the properties in favour of the unofficial respondent in view of death of petitioners son Gedela Suresh on 29 01 2026 for which calling the petitioners to police station and made them to sit in the police station hours together as illegal irregular arbitrary and violation provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita BNSS 2023 and also offends Articles 14 21 and 300A of Constitution of India and consequently direct the 3rd Respondent not to interfere into the civil disputes and family disputes and not to insist the petitioners settle the properties in favour of unofficial respondent and pass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri Mangena Sree Rama Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that respondent No.3 is interfering in the family disputes and is also insisting that the petitioners settle the properties in favour of the unofficial respondent in view of the death of the petitioners’ son, Gedela Suresh, on 29.01.2026. He further submits that the petitioners are being called to the police station, made to sit there for hours together, and that respondent No.3 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.3686 of 2026 Dated 20.02.2026 is interfering in the civil disputes pending between the petitioners and the unofficial respondent. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that respondent No.4 approached the police station with a complaint following the death of her husband, Gedela Suresh. He further submits that the dispute involves pending litigation, including C.C. No.560 of 2022 and F.C.O.P.No.1053 of 2024. Based on the complaint lodged by respondent No.4, respondent No.3 called the petitioners for the purpose of conducting a preliminary enquiry. Upon enquiry, it was revealed that civil and family disputes are pending between the petitioners and respondent No.4. 5. Considering the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing respondent No.3 not to further call the petitioners at the behest of respondent No.4 in connection with the civil/family disputes pending between the petitioners and respondent No.4, and not to interfere in the civil disputes between the parties. 6. 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: 20.02.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.3686 of 2026 Dated 20.02.2026 119 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 3686 of 2026 Date: 20.02.2026 RSI