APHC010079952026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5314/2026 Between: PAMU SUDHA RANI, C/O.PAMU HARIKRISHNA, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/O. YANDAPALLI VILLAGE, U. KOTHAPALLI MANDAL, PITHAPURAM CONSTITUENCY KAKINADA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF AP, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT,VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 522238. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KAKINADA DISTRICT,KAKINADA ANDHRA PRADESH - 533004 3. THE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE, U. KOTHAPALLI POLICE STATION, U. KOTHAPALLI MANDAL, KAKINADA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 533004. 4. G SURESH BHUSHANAM ALIAS NAGA BHUSHANAM, HEAD MASTER, ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD HIGH SCHOOL (ZPHS), YANDAPALLI VILLAGE,U KOTHAPALLI MANDAL,KAKINADA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 533004 5. SRINU BABU, ENGLISH MASTER AND IN-CHARGE HEAD MASTER, ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD HIGH SCHOOL (ZPHS), YANDAPALLI VILLAGE, U. KOTHAPALLI MANDAL, KAKINADA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 533004 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5314 of 2026 Dated 03.03.2026 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: JADA SRAVAN KUMAR 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 particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in registering an FIR on the basis of the Petitioners complaints/reports dated 16122025 and 10012026 in accordance with the mandate in LalitaKumari v Govt of U P 2014 2 SCC 1 which holds that registration of an FIR under Section 154 Cr P C is mandatory upon disclosure of a cognizable offence is as illegal arbitrary violative of statutory duty and infringes the Petitioners fundamental rights under Articles 14 15 17 and 21 of the constitution of India consequently direct the respondent police to register FIR as per the procedure established by the law taking the reports into consideration and to pass….= 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri Jada Sravan Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner submitted complaints dated 16.12.2025 and 10.01.2026 to the respondent police. However, the respondent police have not considered the said complaints. 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5314 of 2026 Dated 03.03.2026 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that Respondent No.3 conducted a preliminary enquiry and noticed that the averments made in the complaint are false. 5. Be that as it may, when the complaint was submitted by the petitioner to the respondent police, the respondent officials are under a legal obligation to inform the result of the preliminary enquiry, if any enquiry was conducted by Respondent No.3, to the petitioner. 6. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondent police to follow the dictum laid down by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Lalita Kumari v. Govt. of U.P.,1. 7. 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: 03.03.2026 RSI 1 (2014) 2 SCC 1 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5314 of 2026 Dated 03.03.2026 117 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5314 of 2026 Date: 03.03.2026 RSI