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2026 DAILYLAW 16885 (AP)

Kota Venkateswarlu v. The State of Andhra Pradesh

WP/4131/2026 · 2026-02-18

Y Lakshmana Rao

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1 APHC010072772026 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: 4131/2026 Between: Kota Venkateswarlu and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. SIVAPRASAD REDDY VENATI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. 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 or orders more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with the civil disputes without any manner of right and directing the petitioners to settle the civil matters between the petitioners and unofficial respondents 5 to 7 and further summoning the petitioner to the police station otherwise than due process of law and threatening to sign the documents as being illegal arbitrary and violative of Art 19 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to interfere with the petitioners life and liberty by summoning the petitioner either to respondent office or to police station without following due process of law and pass such orders….” 2 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Sri P. Ajay Babu, the learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that after conducting preliminary enquiry, it was noticed that the complaint is of civil nature. 4. In view of the above, the Writ Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to invoke appropriate civil remedy against the unofficial respondents. 5. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 19.02.2026 KMS 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.4131 of 2026 Date: 19.02.2026 KMS 160