APHC010157372026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] TUESDAY,THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 8352/2026 Between: YERUKALA SIVA SANKAR, S/O. Y. VENKATAIAH, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, RESIDENT OF 3/2084-4, SION PURAM WARD NO. 3, NEAR AWA GUDI, RAJAREDDY STREET, KADAPA, Y.S.R. DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI 522238 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, VIJAYAWADA-GUNTUR HIGHWAY, MANGALAGIRI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 522503 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KADAPA, Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT.516001 4. THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, I TOWN POLICE STATION, KADAPA CIRCLE, Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT - 516001. 5. M MAHESH BABU, S/O. NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, J.R. ORGANIC FARMING, RESIDENT OF OPP. RAMAIAH HOTEL, RAILWAY STATION ROAD, KADAPA, Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT, CELL- 9966779636- 516001 6. NAAMALA YAFREEN, S/O. NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED ABOUT NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER BUT MAJOR, WORKING AS CONSTABLE IN THE OFFICE OF SUPERINIDENT OF 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.8352 of 2026 Dated 31.03.2026 POLICE, KADAPA, Y.S.R. KADAPA DISTRICT.516001 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: DASAM DURGA SHIVA SAI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 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 order or a direction or a writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent No 4 in calling the petitioner to Kadapa I Town P S and pressurising him to settle the civil dispute with the unofficial respondent No 5 at the instance of unofficial respondent No 6 as illegal arbitrary and unconstitutional and to consequently direct the Respondent No 4 not to interfere with the civil dispute between the petitioner and the unofficial respondent No 5 and not to call the petitioner to police station and not to harass him and to pass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader. 3. Mr. Mulla Sohail Shareef, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that Respondent No.4 called the petitioner to Kadapa I Town Police Station and pressurized him to settle the civil dispute with unofficial Respondent No.5 at the instance of unofficial Respondent No.6. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that Respondent No.4 has acted strictly in accordance 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.8352 of 2026 Dated 31.03.2026 with law, and that if the petitioner was called to the police station, it was only for the purpose of maintaining law and order and not to pressurize any settlement. He further contends that the dispute between the parties is purely civil in nature, and that the police have neither interfered in the same nor exceeded their jurisdiction. 5. Considering the above submissions of the learned Assistant Government Pleader, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the respondent No.4 not to call the petitioner to the police station henceforth and not to interfere in the civil disputes pending between the petitioner and the unofficial respondents 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: 31.03.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.8352 of 2026 Dated 31.03.2026 190 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 8352 of 2026 Date: 31.03.2026 RSI