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APHC010086222026
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: 5161/2026 Between:
POGULA VENKATESWARA RAO, S/O SANKARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS,
R/O D.NO. 1-3-33, PALAKALURU ROAD, GUJJANAGUNDIA, NEAR JENDA CHETTU, GUNTUR. ...PETITIONER AND
1. THE STATE OF AP, REP BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522237
2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, POLICE HEAD QUARTERS, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522503
3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, GUNTUR DISRICT, GUNTUR - 522002
4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, MANGALAGIRI RURAL POLICE STATION PRATHIPADU, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522503
5. SRI CHIRUMAMILLA VENKAT, SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, MANGALAGIRI TOWN P.S. -522503. 6. GODUGULA VAMSI KRISHNA VARMA, S/O MURALI VARMA, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS R/O FLAT NO. 102, JUBILII HILLS, NEAR ANJANEYA SWAMY TEMPLE, 1ST LANE, VIDYA NAGAR, GUNTUR-
522007. 7. TADIBOYINA PICHABBAYI, S/O SAMBAIAH, AGED ABOUT 52
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YEARS. R/O D.NO. 8-3, NIDAMARRU VILLAGE, MANGALAGIRI MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT -522502
8. MIDABAALA LAKSHMI, W/O PAVAN KUMAR, AGED 28 YEARS, R/O DOOR NO. 18-9-80/1, BITRAVARI STREET, PAALIPET, TENALI MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT -522201
...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner:
VENKATA DURGA RAO ANANTHA 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 or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of WRIT OF MANDAMUS declaring that the Respondent No 5 cannot interfere in any civil property disputes between the citizens and cannot take on themselves the function of a civil court at the instance of third parties and threatening the petitioner to settle the civil disputes with the Respondents Nos 6 to 8 being illegal arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India apart from being violative of Principles of Natural Justice and pass….=
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Sri A. Venkata Durga Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that respondent No.5 is interfering in the civil disputes between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents and is threatening the petitioner to settle the said civil disputes with respondent Nos.6 and 8. 3 Dr.
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4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that on 27.02.2026, respondent No.7 approached the police station with a complaint against the petitioner. He further submits that, based on the said complaint, a case in Crime No.71 of 2026 has been registered and the investigation is in progress. Pursuant to the complaint lodged by respondent No.7, respondent No.5 called the petitioner to the police station for the purpose of conducting a preliminary enquiry. Upon enquiry, it was revealed that civil disputes are pending between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents. 5. Considering the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondent No.5 not to call the petitioner henceforth at the behest of the unofficial respondents in connection with the civil disputes pending between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents, and not to interfere in the civil disputes between the parties. 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: 03.03.2026 RSI
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70 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO
WRIT PETITION NO: 5161 of 2026
Date: 03.03.2026 RSI