APHC010080342026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] WEDNESDAY,THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4450/2026 Between: 1. EMMANUEL FULL GOSPEL CHURCH, SOCIETY BEARING REGD. NO.401 OF 1983 REP. BY ITS PRESIDENT M. JOSEPH S/O MADURAI OFFICE AT NO.1 READSPET, CHITTOOR, CHITTOOR DISTRICT 2. M. JOSEPH, S/O MADURAI AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS PRESIDENT OF EMMANUEL FULL GOSPEL CHURCH RESIDING AT D.NO.2- 1026, READSPET, KONGAREDDYPALLI, CHITTOOR DISTRICT 3. Y RAJAN,, S/O YESU, SECRETARY OF EMMANUEL FULL GOSPEL CHURCH AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS, R/O YETTERI VILLAGE AND POST, GANGADHAR NELLORE, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.522238 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CHITTOOR DISTRICT AT CHITTOOR.517501 3. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CHITTOOR O/O CHITTOOR DSP OFFICE CHITTOOR, CHITTOOR DISTRICT.517504 2 4. INSPECTOR OF POLICE, CHITTOOR I TOWN, O/O CHITTOOR I TOWN CHITTOOR, CHITTOOR DISTRICT,517001. 5. THE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE AND SHO, CHITTOOR I TOWN POLICE STATION, CHITTOOR, CHITTOOR DISTRICT.517001 6. SRI P RAMESH, S/O P PERUMAL, AGED. 47 YEARS, R/O LAXMIREDDIPALLE, HARIJANAWADA VILLAGE, NELLEPALLI POST, GANGADHARA NELLORE MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT.517125. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. PAWAN KUMAR MALAPATI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: 3 ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed for the following relief: “…to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of respondents, particularly of Respondents No. 3 to 5, at the instance of Respondent No. 6, in harassing the petitioners by calling over phone, summoning to the Office of 4th and 5th Respondent and insisting them to handover the original society registration and other documents and frequently interfering with petitioners peaceful living, liberty, and pursuing the legitimate right of running the society, as illegal, irregular, irrational, without any authority of law and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents, particularly the Respondents No. 3 to 5 not to interfere in any manner with the Petitioners and stop calling and summoning them in illegal manner except following due process of law…” 2. Heard the learned counsel for Petitioners and learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr.M.Pawan Kumar, learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that Respondent Nos.4 and 5 have been unnecessarily calling the Petitioners to the police station and compelling them to hand over the original society registration and other documents at the behest of Respondent No.6. 4. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that Respondent No.6 has lodged a complaint with the police, pursuant to which Respondent No.5 called the Petitioners to the police station for the purpose of conducting a preliminary enquiry. After conducting the preliminary enquiry, it was noticed that the dispute between the Petitioners and Respondent No.6 is civil in nature. Therefore, Respondent No.5 advised the parties to work out their remedies as per law. 4 5. Recording the above submissions, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the Respondent Nos.4 and 5 not to call further the Petitioners to the police station at the behest of Respondent No.6 in regard to insisting upon production of the original society registration and other documents. 6. Accordingly, 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: 18.02.2026 PRA 5 176 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 4450 of 2026 Date: 18.02.2026 PRA