APHC010069212026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 3955/2026 Between: 1. M. RAGUVEER KUMAR,, S/O LAKSMIPATHI, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, A- BLOCK, FLAT NO. 202, MARG VISWAKSAKTHI APARTMENT, KOTRAMANGALAM VILLAGE, TIRUPATHI DISTRICT, 517503. 2. SHYAMALA. J,, C/O RAGUVEER KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, A- BLOCK, FLAT NO. 202, MARG VISWAKSAKTHI APARTMENT, KOTRAMANGALAM VILLAGE TIRUPATHI DISTRICT, 517503. ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT,522503. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, TIRUPATHI DISTRICT, TIRUPATI, 517501. 3. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR, GUJULA MANDYAM POLICE STATION, GAJULAMANYAM, RENIGUNTA MANDAL TIRUPATHI DISTRICT,517520. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, GUJULA MANDYAM POLICE STATION, GAJULAMANYAM, RENIGUNTA MANDAL, TIRUPATHI DISTRICT,517520. 5. DUVVURU SUBBA REDDY, S/O LATE SUBRAMANYAM REDDY, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, OCC. BUSINESS, R/O D. NO. 17-28/10, 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.3955 of 2026 Dated 17.03.2026 NEW BYPASS CIRCLE, KADAPA ROAD, RENIGUNTA, TIRUPATI- 517520 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): MANTAPAMPALLE RAMPRASAD 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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the action of Respondents 3 and 4 to calling the petitioners to the police station and threatening them to settle the dispute with the 5th respondent without any authority of law and without following due process of law as illegal arbitrary unconstitutional and violative of principles of natural justice and Consequently direct Respondents 3 and 4 not to call the petitioners to the police station and not threatening them to settle the dispute with the 5th respondent except by issuing notice and strictly in accordance with procedure established by law Pass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr. M.Ramprasad, the learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the petitioners are the owners and respondent No.5 is the tenant. Under the guise of registration of a crime against the petitioners, even though a notice contemplated under Section 35(3) of ‘the BNSS’ was issued by the Investigating Officer pursuant to the directions given by this 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.3955 of 2026 Dated 17.03.2026 Court in Crl.P.No.13506 of 2025, the petitioners have been unnecessarily called to the police station and subjected to harassment. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that the respondent police have not called the petitioners to the police station and have never harassed them. 5. As seen from the record, this Court, in Crl.P.No.13506 of 2025, on 31.12.2025, passed a direction asking the respondent police to comply with Section 35(3) of ‘the BNSS’ pursuant to the registration of a case in Crime No. 291 of 2025, dated 04.11.2025, on the file of Gajula Mandyam Police Station, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 336(3), 316(2), and 351(2) of ‘the BNS’ read with Section 175(3) of ‘the BNSS’. It is submitted that the petitioners are the owners and respondent No. 5 is the tenant of the petitioners. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondent police not to call the petitioners to the police station henceforth and not to interfere with the landlord–tenant dispute pending between the petitioners and respondent No.5. 7. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.3955 of 2026 Dated 17.03.2026 As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 17.03.2026 RSI 5 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.3955 of 2026 Dated 17.03.2026 190 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 3955 of 2026 Date: 17.03.2026 RSI