G.v.Sitaramaraju Vs The Station House Officer — Writ and Judicial Review | Andhra Pradesh HC (2026)

G.v.Sitaramaraju Vs The Station House Officer — Writ and Judicial Review | Andhra Pradesh HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Dismissed

Issue for consideration

Whether the inaction of respondent No. 1 (Station House Officer) in not arresting respondent No. 2 in pursuance of the orders of the IInd Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Bhimavaram is illegal, arbitrary and unjust, warranting a writ of mandamus directing the arrest. (Raised by the petition; NOT decided - the petition was dismissed for non-prosecution.) +1 more

Ratio / Principle

The Writ Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution, with no order as to costs, as none appeared for the petitioner either physically or through video conference and there was no representation on previous adjournments.

Key takeaways

As a sequel to the dismissal, interlocutory applications, if any, pending in the Writ Petition shall stand closed.ratio¶33

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Dismissal for non-prosecution — Writ Petition No. 14592 of 2019, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati (Special Original Jurisdiction). G.V. Sitaramaraju v. The Station House Officer, Palakoderu Mandal Police Station & others. The petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with IA No. 1 of 2019 under Section 151 CPC, sought a writ of mandamus declaring the inaction of respondent No. 1 (Station House Officer) in not arresting respondent No. 2 in pursuance of the orders passed by the Hon'ble IInd Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate at Bhimavaram to be illegal, arbitrary and unjust, and sought a direction to respondent No. 1 to effect the arrest. On 11.02.2026, Justice B.V.L.N. Chakravarthi dismissed the Writ Petition for non-prosecution: none appeared for the petitioner either physically or through video conference although the matter was listed under the caption 'for dismissal', and there had been no representation on previous adjournments. No order as to costs; pending interlocutory applications, if any, stood closed as a sequel. Sri R. Mallikarjuna Rao, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, was in attendance for the respondents. No substantive adjudication of the mandamus claim occurred.

APHC010313872019

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI

WRIT PETITION NO: 14592/2019

Between:

G.V.SITARAMARAJU, S/O. V.V.SURYANARAYANA AGED ABOUT.65 YEARS, R/O. 3-1-11, PENNADA VILLAGE, PALAKODERU MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, A.P

...PETITIONER

AND

THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER, PALAKODERU MANDAL POLICE STATION, PALAKODERU, WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT,A.P

KALIDINDI PADMAVATI, W/O.RAGHAV RAJU, AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS.R/O. 3-138/1, PENNADA VILLAGE, PALAKODERU MANDAL. WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT,A.P

KALIDINDI RAGHAV RAJU, S/O. BANGARU RAJU, AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS.R/O. 3-138/1, PENNADA VILLAGE, PALAKODERU MANDAL. WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT, A.P

THE STATE OF A P, REP.BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME 'DEPORTMENT, SECRETERIAT ALAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI,GUNTUR 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 to issue an order, direction or writ particularly in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the in action of the lst respondent in not arresting the 2nd respondent in pursuance ,of the

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orders passed by the Hon'ble IInd Additional Judicial Ist class Magistrate at Bhimavaram as the same is illegal arbitrary and unjust and consequently direct the 1st respondent to arrest the respondent in pursuance of the orders passed by the Honorable IInd Additional Judicial 1st class Magistrate at Bhimavaram

IA NO: 1 OF 2019

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 lst respondent to arrest the 2" respondent in pursuance of the orders passed by the Hon'ble Aaditiondi :judicial 1st class Magistrate at Bhimavaram

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1.G RAVI MOHAN

Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1.GP FOR HOME (AP)

The Court made the following:

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI WRIT PETITION No.14592 OF 2019

ORDER:

None appeared for the writ petitioner either physically or through video conference, though the matter is listed under the caption ‘for dismissal’. There was no representation for the petitioner on the previous adjournments also.

Sri R.Mallikarjuna Rao, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home is in attendance.

In that view of the matter, the Writ Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. 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

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THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N. CHAKRAVARTHI

WRIT PETITION No:14592 OF 2019

Date: 11.02.2026

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