APHC010120122026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 7181/2026 Between: 1. INDRA KUMAR DEV., S/O MEENAKETAN DEV,AGED ABT 46 YEARS,R/O SREE HOMES,FLAT NO 203,SRINIVASA NAGAR COLONY,NEAR NALLA POCHAMMA TEMPLE,NIZAMPET,HYDERABAD-500090 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, A.P.522238 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, BAPATLA, A.P. - 532201. 3. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, TEKKALI SUB- DIVISION, SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, A.P. 532201. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, ,TEKKALI POLICE STATION,SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, A.P. - 532201 5. THE TAHASILDAR, TEKKALI MANDAL,SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT.532201 6. DURGA SANKAR PRASAD DEB, S/O GOVIND CHANDRA HARISCHANDANA JAGADEB, AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS. PERMANENT RESIDENT OF OLD G.T. ROAD, TEKKALI VILLAGE AND PANCHAYAT AND MANDAL IN SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT.532201 7. DHAVALA SREENU, S/O LATE RAMAMURTHY,AGED 45 YEARS,R/O GOPINADHAPURAM VILLAGE,TEKKALI POST SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT .PIN 532201. 8. BAMMIDI SURESH, ,S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER AGED 46 YEARS R/O. TEKKALI VILLAGE AND POST, SRIKAKULAM 2 DISTRICT 532201 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M. SAPTHAGIRI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME 2. GP FOR REVENUE 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 to declaring the action of the respondents, particularly Respondents 2 to 5, in interfering with the petitioner's civil land dispute and in summoning the petitioner to the police station in connection with a purely civil dispute, as illegal and arbitrary. consequently directing the police authorities not to interfere with the civil dispute relating to the petitioner's land which is subject matter of O.S. No.07/2025 on the file of the Civil Judge (Senior Division),Tekkali and to direct that the petitioner shall not be summoned to the police station except in accordance with due process of law in connection with any registered cognizable offence…” 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr. M. Sapthagiri, the learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that this Writ petition is filed questioning the action of the respondents police, The respondents’ police have been continuously calling the petitioner to the police station and subjecting him to harassment, even though there is a Civil Suit pending in between the petitioner and the unofficial respondent and some others. 3 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that the petitioner himself has given a PGRS complaint to the respondent No.4. Similarly respondent No.6 also lodged a complaint against the petitioner on 09.02.2026. Based on which, the respondent No.4 has addressed a letter to respondent No.5. 5. Admittedly, there is a suit pending in between the petitioner and the unofficial respondent and some others in O.S.No.7 of 2025 on the file of learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Tekkali. When a Civil suit pending in between the petitioner and unofficial respondent and some others, if any, complaint is lodged either by the petitioner or by the respondent No.6, the respondent No.4 ought to have relegate and parties to the Civil Court for appropriate adjudication. 6. 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 police not to interfere henceforth with the civil disputes pending in between the petitioner and unofficial respondents and some others.. 7. 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 Date: 23.03.2026 SSA/CMK 4 151 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 7181 of 2026 Date: 23.03.2026 SSA/CMK