APHC010067722026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4019/2026 Between: SOMAIAHGARI NAGESWARA RAO, S/O. SESHAIAH, AGED 57 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURE, R/O. D.N0.11-33-935F, BACKSIDE OF SAIBABA TEMPLE VENGALARAO NAGAR, KAVALI TOWN, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOME, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 522237 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, MANGALAGIRI GUNTUR DISTRICT. 522503 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT, NELLORE.524001 4. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KAVALI SUB DIVISION, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524001 5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KAVALI TOWN POLICE STATION, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524001 6. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KAVALI TOWN POLICE STATION, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524001 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4019 of 2026 Dated 19.02.2026 7. KONDURU MANGAMMA, D/O. VENKATESWARLU, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O. V.R. NAGAR COLONY, KAVALI TOWN, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524001 8. MURALI, S/O. MALYADRI, AGED 35 YEARS, OCC CAR DRIVER, R/O. THUFAN NAGAR, AUTO CENTRE, KAVALI TOWN, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE. 524001 9. MR GIRI BAU, S/O. NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER. PRESENTLY WORKING AS CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KAVALI TOWN POLICE STATION, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT.524001 10. MR SHAREEF, S/O. NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, PRESENTLY WORKING AS POLICE CONSTABLE, KAVALI TOWN POLICE STATION, KAVALI, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT.524001 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: V R MACHAVARAM 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 one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the actions of Respondent Nos.5 and 6 at the instigation of Respondent Nos.7 and 8 in illegally threatening intimidating harassing unlawfully detaining the petitioner forcibly obtaining his signatures on blank papers and fabricated agreements and attempting to unlawfully dispossess him from his threestoried residential house situated at Vengalarao Nagar Kavali Town SPSR Nellore District and other properties as illegal arbitrary without authority of law and violative of Articles 14 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct Respondent Nos.1 to 5 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4019 of 2026 Dated 19.02.2026 to conduct a fair independent and impartial enquiry into the illegal acts and misconduct of Respondent Nos 9 and 10 and to take appropriate departmental as well as criminal action against them in accordance with law and to pass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri V.R. Machavaram, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that Respondent Nos.5 and 6, at the instigation of Respondent Nos.7 and 8, are illegally threatening, intimidating, harassing, and unlawfully detaining the petitioner; forcibly obtaining his signatures on blank papers and fabricated agreements; and attempting to unlawfully dispossess him from his three- stored residential house situated at Vengalarao Nagar, Kavali Town, SPSR Nellore District, as well as other properties, which is violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that the 7th respondent presented a report dated 24.02.2025 at Kavali II Town Police Station regarding the alleged harassment by the petitioner. Based on the said report, the petitioner was called to the Police Station on 25.02.2025 for counseling. Accordingly, the petitioner, along with his relatives, and the 7th respondent, along with her relatives, appeared before the Police Station for counseling. It is submitted that the petitioner was called only for the purpose of a preliminary enquiry based on the report and was neither unlawfully detained nor harassed. 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4019 of 2026 Dated 19.02.2026 5. Considering the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to Respondent Nos.4 to 6 not to call the petitioner further to the Police Station unnecessarily or subject him to harassment without following due process of law, and not to interfere in matrimonial or civil disputes between the petitioner and the unofficial respondent. 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: 19.02.2026 PMK 5 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4019 of 2026 Dated 19.02.2026 241 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4019 of 2026 Date: 19.02.2026 PMK