APHC010711632025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 36758/2025 Between: 1. SATCHU RAJVEER, S/O LATE ACHYUTHARAO, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS R/O GOKAPETA, CANTONMENT, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT - 535001 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, ANDHRA PRADESH - 522238. 2. 2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, AP POLICE HEADQUARTERS, MANGALAGIRI, ANDHRA PRADESH - 522503. 3 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, VIZIANAGARAM, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT-535003. 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, I-TOWN POLICE STATION, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT - 535001. 5. CHEBROLU KANTHI KUMAR, S/O CHEBROLU RAMA KRISHNA AGED 36 YEARS, OCCBUSINESS, R/O DOOR NO. 12-6-10, PLOT NO.39, 6. T V K S LAKSHMAN, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED MAJOR, NOW WORKING AS SUB REGISTRAR CHIPURUPALLI SUB REGISTRAR OFFICE, CHIPURUPALLI, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT - 535161. 2 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.36758 of 2025 Dated 19.02.2026 7. AVALA TRINADHA, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED MAJOR, OCC MOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, R/O GOTLAM VILLAGE, BONDAPALLI MANDAL, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT- 535161. 8. KORADA PURUSHOTTAM, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED MAJOR, OCCMOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, R/O CHANDAKA VEEDHI, VIZIANAGARAM - 535002. 9. S SRAVAN KUMAR, S/O S. KOTESWARA RAO, AGED MAJOR, OCC DOCUMENT WRITER, R/O SUB REGISTRAR OFFICE, CHIPURUPALLI, VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT - 535161. ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SRAVAN KUMAR NAIDANA Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: 3 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.36758 of 2025 Dated 19.02.2026 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 36758/2025 ORDER: The Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following relief:- “…to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent police in not registering F.I.R. on the report of the petitioner dated 08-09-2025 and proceed with investigation in accordance with law as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional, and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 4th respondent to register the report of the petitioner dated 08-09-2025 against the named accused in the interest of justice and be pleased to pass….” 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Sri Sravan Kumar Naidana, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the complaint dated 08.09.2025 submitted by the petitioner to the respondent Nos.3 and 4 has not been registered. 4. Sri P. Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader, on written instructions, submits that after conducting a preliminary enquiry as contemplated under Section 173(3) of ‘the BNSS’, respondent No.4 found that the dispute is purely civil in nature and, therefore, could not proceed further with the complaint. 5. Recording the above submission, the Writ Petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to work out his alternative and efficacious remedy before the learned jurisdictional Magistrate by way of filing a 4 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.36758 of 2025 Dated 19.02.2026 complaint under Section 190 read with Section 200 of ‘the Cr.P.C.,’/Section 210 read with Section 223 of ‘the BNSS’. 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: 19.02.2026 Pmk 5 Dr. YLR, J W.P.No.36758 of 2025 Dated 19.02.2026 102 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO: 36758 of 2025 Date: 19.02.2026 Pmk