Neigapula Janardhan Rao (Advocate) v. the Station House Officer
Case brief
What is this about?
PLCF; Pre-Litigation Counselling Forum; police referral of civil/land dispute; summon to appear before PLCF; voluntariness of attendance; no threat; writ of mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; illegal arbitrary without jurisdiction; Bhimunipatnam Police Station; Commissioner of Police Visakhapatnam; State of Andhra Pradesh Home Department; Neigapula Janardhan Rao; Kanugula Prabhakar Rao; PLCF No 102/2020; notice dated 20.11.2020; Writ Petition No 588 of 2021; APHC010008222021; High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati; Dr Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa; decided 08.10.2025; disposed with liberty to work out remedies before appropriate forum; no costs.
What did the court decide?
No substantive declaration granted; writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner and respondent 5 to work out their remedies before the appropriate forum according to law; no order as to costs.