APHC010723202025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3396] THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 570/2026 Between: 1. B. RATNA THERESA SUDARSHAN PHULY,, S/O. SUDHASANAM,AGED ABOUT 24 YEARS, R/O. D.NO. 22C-12-9/1, POWERPET, ELURU, ELURU DISTRICT - 534 0017 ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HOME DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT - 522238 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ELURU DISTRICT, AT ELURU-5340017 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, ELURU DISTRICT, AT ELURU - 534 0017 4. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, NUZVID RURAL P.S., NUZVID, ELURU DISTRICT. 521 201 ...RESPONDENT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. B SESIBUSHAN RAO Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME 2 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 570/2026 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, particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus Declaring the inaction of Respondent No. 4 in failing to incorporate relevant offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, into F.I.R.No.300 of 2025 and in failing to invoke Section 4 of the SCs and STs (POA) Act, 1989, against Respondent No.4 for willful neglect of duties and dereliction of statutory functions as arbitrary, illegal, and contrary to the Section 173 of mandate of the SC’s and ST’s (POA) Act, 1989 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 and consequently direct the Respondent No.3 to incorporate relevant offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, into F.I.R. No. 300 of 2025 and to invoke Section 4 of the SCs and STs (PDA) Act, 1989, against Respondent No. 4 for willful neglect of duties and dereliction of statutory functions.…= 2. When the matter was taken up for hearing, Sri G.Ratna Kumar, learned counsel representing Sri B.Sesibushan Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks the permission of this Court to withdraw the petition. 3. Permission is accorded. 4. Sri P.Ajay Babu, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home for the respondents is in attendance. 5. Recording the above said submission, the Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. However, the petitioner is at liberty to work out his remedies before 3 the appropriate forum according to law. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. _________________________________________ Dr. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA Date: 08.01.2026. UPS 4 HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NO: 570/2026 Dated.08.01.2026 UPS