Pothuri Siva Shankar v. the State of Andhra Pradesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal of writ petition (W.P. No. 2349 of 2022, decided 21.11.2025, Dr Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa, AP High Court, Amaravati); petitioner Pothuri Siva Shankar sought mandamus against police inaction by Dy S P south, Guntur on reports dated 02-08-2021 and 13-12-2021 per endorsement of Superintendent of Police, Guntur; Nallapadu Police Station; private respondent Sk Khaja Mohinuddin (real estate business); Spandana complaint closed as civil in nature; mandamus to register FIR and investigate refused; provisions invoked: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989; Articles 14, 21 and 226 of the Constitution of India; vakalat change as counsel became Government Pleader; counsel: G Raju (petitioner), GP FOR HOME (respondents); miscellaneous petitions ordered closed.
What did the court decide?
Recording the Assistant Government Pleader for Home's submission that the complaint given by the petitioner in Spandana had been closed as the matter was civil in nature, the Court dismissed the writ petition since no further orders were required.