APHC010104612026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5777/2026 Between: 1. GORLA RAMA DEVI, W/O. CHINNA MASTANAIAH, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, OCCUPATION HOUSEWIFE, RIO KALUVOYA VILLAGE AND MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524343 2. CHALLA SRILATHA,, W/O. CHALLA VENKATA KRISHNA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, OCCUPATION HOUSEWIFE, R/O SUBBA RAJU VEEDHI, KALUVOYA VILLAGE AND MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524343 3. CHALLA VENKATA KRISHNA REDDY,, S/O LATE PENCHALA REDDY,AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, OCCUPATION BUSINESS, R/O SUBBA RAJU VEEDHI, KALUVOYA VILLAGE AND MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT 524343 ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, , REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT, SPSR NELLORE. 524002 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, NELLORE SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524002 2 4. THE SUBDIVISIONAL POLICE OFFICER, ATMAKURU, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 5. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, RAPUR, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524002 6. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, , KALUVOY POLICE STATION, KALUVAYA VILLAGE AND MANDAL, SPSR NELLORE. 524343 7. CHALLA SIVA KUMAR REDDY, S/O. LATE. RAMANA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, PATAMATA BAZAR, KALUVAYA VILLAGE AND MANDALA, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 8. CHALLA BHASKAR REDDY, S/O. LATE. RAMANA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, PATAMATA BAZAR, KALUVAYA VILLAGE AND MANDALA, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. 524343 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. SATYANARAYANA NIMMALA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed for the following relief: <…to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, order or direction, declaring the action of Respondent Nos. 4 to 6 in interfering with a purely civil dispute and the lawful property rights of the Petitioners, on the behest of private respondents no.7 and 8, by illegally summoning the Petitioners to the police station, intimidating and threatening the Petitioners to settle the civil dispute, without registering any FIR or following due process of law, as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and without jurisdiction, being violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the Respondent Nos. 5 and 6 not to interfere with the civil and property rights of the Petitioners…= 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3 3. The learned counsel for the Petitioners submits that Respondent Nos.4 to 6, at the behest of unofficial Respondents Nos.7 and 8, are interfering in a civil dispute over property rights by summoning and intimidating the Petitioners without registering any FIR or following due process. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that the Station House Officer, upon receiving a representation from Respondent No.7, verified the matter, found it to be a civil land dispute between two village groups, referred it to the Revenue Divisional Officer for preventive proceedings under Section 126 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, 8the BNSS9), and concluded that the dispute is civil in nature, with no police interference in property rights or compromise attempts. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and recording the submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the Respondent Nos.4 to 6 not to interfere further in the civil dispute between the Petitioners and the unofficial Respondents. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Dated: 02.03.2026 PRA 4 45 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 5777 of 2026 Date: 02.03.2026 PRA