APHC010122762026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 6776/2026 Between: Gurram Kondaiah, ...PETITIONER AND The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SURESH KUMAR REDDY KALAVA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. 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 OF MANDAMUS declaring the action of the Respondents herein particularly Respondent Nos 5 in not taking further steps in registering the F I R on the petitioners complaint Dt 29 12 2025 which was given through the Public Grievance Redresseal Sysytem at Kadapa District Police and highhandedly refusing the same by the Respondent No 5 without even verifying the contents of the petitioners complaint inspite of repeated requests though it is a cognizable offence as nothing but illegal arbitrary highhanded and violative of fundamental and constitutional rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and also contrary to the Judgment in Lalita Kumari v Government of Uttar Pradesh rendered by the Honble Supreme Court of India and consequently direct the Respondents to take action by registering the F I R on the petitioners complaint Dt 29 12 2025 and pass such other order(s)…” 2 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Sri Suresh Kumar Reddy Kalava, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that, despite submission of a representation dated 29.12.2025 by the petitioner, the respondent No.5 has not acted upon the same. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the dispute pending between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents is civil in nature. He further submits that Crime No.333 of 2024 of Kadapa Taluk Police Station is already pending, wherein the issues involved are civil in nature. 5. Be that as it may, if any representation made by the petitioner is not being considered by respondent No.5, the petitioner has an alternative, effective, and efficacious remedy under Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or under Section 210 read with Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, “the BNSS”), by approaching the jurisdictional Magistrate. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the Writ Petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the jurisdictional Magistrate for redressal of his grievance by filing a complaint under Section 190 read with Section 200 of „the Cr.P.C.,‟ / Section 210 read with Section 223 of „the BNSS‟. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ________________________ Dr.Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J. Date: 12.02.2026 KMS 3 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.6776 of 2026 Date: 12.02.2026 KMS 108