APHC010839822018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3368] THURSDAY,THE TWELFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION NO: 40455/2018 Between: 1. NAIDU SIVARAM PRASAD, S/O. LATE RAMALINGAM, AGED 54 YEARS, OCC AGRICULTURE, R/O. ETHAMUKKALA, KOTHAPATNAM MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOME, SECRETARIAT,VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT 2. THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, KOTHAPATNAM POLICE STATION, PRKASAM DISTRICT ...RESPONDENT(S): Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased toto issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of 'Writ of Mandamus' declaring the inaction on the part of the 2nd respondent in discharging his statutory duty under Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in registering the crime pursuant to the written complaint dated 03-10- 2018 submitted by the petitioner, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to register the crime pursuant to the written complaint dated 03-10-2018 submitted by the petitioner and cause investigation in accordance with law, and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2018 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the 2nd respondent to register the 2 crime pursuant to the written complaint dated 03-10-2018 submitted by the petitioner and cause investigation in accordance with law, pending disposal of the main writ petition, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. ANUP KOUSHIK KARAVADI Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. GP FOR HOME (AP) The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No.40455 of 2018 ORDER: Sri Anup Koushik Karavadi, learned counsel for the petitioner, would submit that the cause in the Writ Petition does not survive for further adjudication, and the Writ Petition has become infructuous. 2. Sri R. Mallikarjuna Rao, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, representing the respondents, is in attendance. 3. Recording the submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner, the Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel thereto, interlocutory applications, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed. ______________________________ JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI 12th February, 2026 cbn 4 33 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No: 40455 OF 2018 12th February, 2026 cbn