APHC010135262026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] MONDAY,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 7432/2026 Between: 1. L.MADHUMURTHY NAIDU, S/O LATE L. KANNAIAH NAIDU, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, RESIDING AT POLINAIDUPALLI VILLAGE, NELLEPALLI POST, G.D. NELLORE MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.-517125 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, AMARAVATI.- 522238 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, ANDHRA PRADESH, ATMAKUR, MANGALAGIRI, ANDHRA PRADESH - 522503.-522503 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.-517001 4. THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH.-517001 5. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, G.D. NELLORE MANDAL POLICE STATION G.D. NELLORE MANDAL, CHITTOOR DISTRICT, A.P.- 517125 ...RESPONDENT(S): 2 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. KAMINENI SOMANATH CHOWDARY 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 or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring inaction of the respondents more particularly respondent No.5 in not considering the complaint dated 07.02.2026 and 03.03.2026, is illegal, arbitrary and violation of principles natural justice and consequently direct the respondent No.5 to take action on the complaint dated 07.02.2026 and 03.03.2026 filed by the petitioner and also to provide police protection to the schedule property …” 2. Heard the learned counsel for Petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr. K. Somanath Chowdary, learned counsel for the Petitioner, submits that the complaints of the Petitioner dated 07.02.2026 and 03.03.2026 were not registered as FIRs. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that a preliminary enquiry was conducted by Respondent No.5, and it was found that the dispute between the Petitioner and the third party is civil in nature. However, Respondent No.5 has addressed a letter to the Tahsildar, G.D. Nellore Mandal, and the reply is awaited. 5. Be that as it may, when the complaints of the Petitioner were not registered, despite directions from Respondent Nos.3 to 5, the Petitioner has 3 got alternative efficacious remedy under Section 200 of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ / Section 210 read with 223 of ‘the BNSS’ when the complaint is not considered by the Respondent Police. 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 granting liberty to the Petitioner to approach the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate by way of filing a complaint under Section 190 read with Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity, ‘the Cr.P.C.,’ / Section 210 read with 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for brevity, ‘the BNSS’). 7. On filing of such private complaint by the Petitioner before the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate, the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate is directed to bestow his attention to the same and deal with the complaint in accordance with law. 8. 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: 30.03.2026 PRA 4 80 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 7432 of 2026 Date: 30.03.2026 PRA