APHC010076002026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4365/2026 Between: 1. DUDEKULA MAABHI, W/O CHINA ANJANEYULU AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, OCC. HOUSEWIFE, R/O 4-106, KANDLAKUNTA, NEKARIKALLU, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH-522615. 2. DUDEKULA CHINA ANJANEYLU, S/O SAIDULU AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, OCC. BUSINESS, R/O 4-106, KANDLAKUNTA, NEKARIKALLU, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH-522615 ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH. 3. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, PALNADU DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 4. SUBDIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER, PALNADU DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 5. STATION HOUSE OFFICER, NAKARIKALLU POLICE STATION, PALNADU DISTRICT PREVIOUSLY GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 6. KATRAGADDA CHANDRA BABU, R/O 4-106, KANDLAKUNTA, 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4365 of 2026 Dated 24.02.2026 NEKARIKALLU, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH-522615. 7. KATRAGADDA SIVANAGA JYOTHI, R/O 4-106, KANDLAKUNTA, NEKARIKALLU GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH-522615. 8. KATRAGADDA VENKATARAO, R/O 4-106, KANDLAKUNTA, NEKARIKALLU, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH-522615. 9. KATRAGADDA CHENNAMMA, R/O 4-106, KANDLAKUNTA, NEKARIKALLU, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH-522615. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): VENKATA MOHAN RAO PATHAKOTA 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 mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents No 5 in summoning the petitioners to their police station without any registration of crime as illegal arbitrary and amounts to abdication of statutory duties cast up on them and also violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents 2 to 5 not to interfere with the life and liberty of the Petitioners unless authorized by the law andpass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri Venkata Mohan Rao Pathakota, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that respondent No.5, in summoning the petitioners to the police 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4365 of 2026 Dated 24.02.2026 station without registration of any crime, is acting illegally and interfering with the life and liberty of the petitioners. 4. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that respondent No.7 lodged a complaint before the Station House Officer, Nekarikallu Police Station, on 25.12.2025. Basing on the said complaint, the respondent police called the petitioners several times for conducting a preliminary enquiry, but the petitioners did not turn up at the police station. Thereafter, petitioner No.1 lodged a report before respondent No.3 through PGRS on 19.01.2026, and the same was endorsed to the Station House Officer, Nekarikallu Police Station, for enquiry. After conducting a preliminary enquiry, it was revealed that a civil dispute is pending between the petitioners and the unofficial respondents. 5. Considering the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing respondent No.5 not to further call the petitioners at the behest of the unofficial respondents in connection with the civil dispute pending between the parties and not to interfere in the civil disputes between them. 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: 24.02.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4365 of 2026 Dated 24.02.2026 46 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4365 of 2026 Date: 24.02.2026 RSI