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2026 DAILYLAW 28090 (AP)

M/s.FCA US LLC v. The State of Andhra Pradesh

WP/592/2026 · 2026-01-06

Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa

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APHC010720162025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 592/2026 Between: 1. M/S.FCA US LLC, (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHRYSLER GROUP LLC), A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF STATE OF DELAWARE, UNITED STATES, HAVING OFFICE AT 1000 CHRYSLER DRIVE, ALBURN HILLS, ML 485-13-32, UNITED STATES. REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE MR. KEERTHIVASAN V. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, THROUGH BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, A.P. SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, VISAKHAPATNAM CITY POLICE, VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH 3. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, DUVVADA POLICE STATION, BESIDE RTC DEPOT, DUVVADA VISAKHAPATNAM- 530046. 4. M/S SYNERGIES CASTINGS LTD, A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER COMPANIED ACT, 1956 OFFICE PLOT NOS. 3, VISAKHAPATNAIM SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE (VSEZ), DUVVADA, VISAKHAPATNAM - 530 049, ANDHRA PRADESH. REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. N JEEVAN KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India with the following prayer for: <.... to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus a) To declare inaction of the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 in taking cognisance of the Petitioner's representation/complaint dated 10.12.2025 as being arbitrary and 2 illegal. b) To direct the Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to take immediate action on the Petitioners representation/complaint sent via email on 15.12.2025 and by post on 16.12.2025, the receipt whereof was also acknowledged by Respondent No. 2 on 16.12.2025 and c) To direct the Respondent Nos-2 and 3 to provide continuous effective, adequate and meaningful police protection to the Petitioners employees, authorized personnel, authorized representatives/ transporters/ trucks and material handling logistics contractors and their employees and ensure that no obstruction is caused by the workers at the 4th Respondent Company site or their agents to the free ingress and egress of the of the afore-stated Petitioners employees, authorized personnel authorized representatives / transporters and material handling logistics contractors and their employees for the smooth transportation of the tools and Automotive Component stored in the premises of 4th Respondent Company at Plot Nos. 3, Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone (VSEZ), Duvvada, Visakhapatnam - 530049 and d) pass such further or other orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem to be fit.= 2. Heard Sri N.Jeevan Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner has submitted a representation dated 10.12.2025 requesting protection to lift the stock from the premises of the respondent No.4, which was purchased by the petitioner. 4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home would submit that the Court may pass appropriate orders. 5. Considering the submissions made, the concerned Station House Officer is directed to look into the representation made by the petitioner and attend his cause within a couple of days by taking appropriate steps, with necessary police personnel, to ensure that the stock is lifted from the 3 company without any untoward incident. It is further clarified that the petitioner shall bear the expenditure. 6. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. ________________________________________ Dr.JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date:07.01.2026 Asr 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA W.P.No.592 of 2026 Dt.07.01.2026 Asr