APHC010082152026 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: 4795/2026 Between: 1. ANUPALLI PRAMOD, S/O PRABHU DOSS, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, OCC GOVT.EMPLOYEE, R/O 16-10-48, SRI HARI NAGAR, OPP.NARAYANA SCHOOL MINI BYPASS ROAD, NELLORE, SPS NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.524001 2. ANUPALLI PRABHU DOSS, S/O MOSES AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS, OCC RETIRED, R/O 16-10-48, SRI HARI NAGAR, OPP.NARAYANA SCHOOL MINI BYPASS ROAD, NELLORE, SPS NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 524001 3. CHENTHATI VENKAT PADMA, W/O PRADEEP, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, OCC HOUSEWIFE, R/O 16-10-48, SRI HARI NAGAR, OPP.NARAYANA SCHOOL MINI BYPASS ROAD, NELLORE, SPS NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. 524001 ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.522237 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR, ANDHRA PRADESH.522503 3. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH.524001 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4795 of 2026 Dated 19.02.2026 4. SUBDIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT ANDHRA PRADESH.524001 5. STATION HOUSE OFFICER, WOMEN POLICE STATION, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.524001 6. POLAMREDDY ANUPALLI LAKSHMI PRASANNA REDDY, W/O ANUPALLI PRAMOD, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/O PLOT NO.42, H.NO.23-1497, LECTURERS COLONY, MAGUNTA LAYOUT, NELLORE, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH-524003. ...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 and interfering with the civil disputes 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 and not to involve in the civil disputes pass…” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Petitioner No.1 is the husband of respondent No.6. 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4795 of 2026 Dated 19.02.2026 4. Mr. Venkata Mohan Rao Pathakota, the learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the petitioners, who are the husband, father-in- law, and sister-in-law of respondent No.6, have been unnecessarily called to the police station and that the police are interfering in the matrimonial disputes pending between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.6. 5. Sri P.Ajay Babu, the learned Assistant Government Pleader submits that respondent No.6, who is the wife of petitioner No.1, lodged a PGRS complaint on 12.01.2026. Based on the said complaint, the police called the petitioners to the police station for the purpose of conducting a preliminary enquiry. During the enquiry, it was revealed that matrimonial disputes are pending between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.6, and therefore, the parties were advised to work out their remedies before the appropriate forum. 6. Considering the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing respondent Nos.3 to 5 not to further call the petitioners to the police station in connection with the matrimonial disputes pending between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.6. However, it is made clear that if any settlement of disputes is required, the police may refer the parties to 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4795 of 2026 Dated 19.02.2026 the Mandal Legal Services Committee or the District Legal Services Authority for appropriate resolution. 7. With the above observations and directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, interlocutory applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.02.2026 RSI 5 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.4795 of 2026 Dated 19.02.2026 182 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.4795 of 2026 Date: 19.02.2026 RSI