APHC010095532026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5534/2026 Between: THANDA CHINA SAIDA,, S/O NAGUL MEERA, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, R/O D.NO. 7-97,VINUKONDA ROAD, KAREMPUDI VILLAGE AND MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 522614. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS , PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT,VELAGAPUDI GUNTUR DISTRICT. AT AMARAVATI A.P.-522503. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 522503. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, NARSARAOPETA, PALNADU DISTRICT. 522601. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KAREMPUDI POLICE STATION, KAREMPUDI MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT.522614. 5. THE SUBINSPECTOR OF POLICE, KAREMPUDI POLICE STATION, KAREMPUDI MANDAL, PALNADU DISTRICT.522614. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: PONNEKANTI MALLIKARJUNA RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5534 of 2026 Dated 17.03.2026 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 an appropriate Writ Order or Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of Respondent Nos 4 and 5 in calling the Petitioner to the Police Station and compelling him to settle a purely civil dispute as illegal arbitrary without jurisdiction and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents not to summon threaten coerce or otherwise interfere with the Petitioner in connection with purely civil monetary disputes between private parties….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr. P. Mullikarjuna Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that Respondent Nos.4 and 5 are calling the petitioner to the police station and attempting to compel him to settle the civil dispute with third parties. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that one G. Srinivasa Rao lodged a complaint against the petitioner before Respondent No.3, and the same was endorsed to Respondent Nos.4 and 5 for enquiry. Based on the said complaint, Respondent Nos.4 and 5 are calling the petitioner to the police station for conducting a preliminary enquiry. 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5534 of 2026 Dated 17.03.2026 5. Considering the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the Respondent Nos.4 and 5 not to call the petitioner to the police station henceforth and not to interfere in the civil/financial disputes pending between the petitioner and third parties, without following due process of law. 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: 17.03.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.5534 of 2026 Dated 17.03.2026 86 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5534 of 2026 Date: 17.03.2026 RSI