Gunda Raghavulu Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Gunda Raghavulu Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to the respondent authorities not to interfere with the life and liberty of the petitioner except in accordance with law; writ petition disposed of accordingly without costs, and pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the action of respondent Nos. 2 to 6, particularly respondent Nos. 5 and 6, in calling the petitioner regularly to the police station without assigning any reasons, thereby interfering with his personal life and liberty, is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. +1 more

Court's answer

Having regard to the submissions and the fact that the respondent authorities, on receiving a complaint against the petitioner on 17.02.2025 and after causing enquiry, closed the same on 25.02.2025 as 'civil in nature', the respondent authorities are to be directed not to interfere with the life and liberty of the petitioner except in accordance with law.

Ratio / Principle

Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of; there is no order as to costs, and consequential miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Constitution of India — Articles 226 and 21 — police harassment — writ petition by an 83-year-old senior citizen alleging that respondent Nos. 2 to 6, particularly the Station House Officer and Sub-Inspector of Saroornagar Police Station (Rachakonda Commissionerate), were regularly calling him to the police station without assigning any reasons, thereby interfering with his personal life and liberty. The learned Government Pleader for Home submitted that a complaint by one Mandadi Narasimha Reddy was lodged against the petitioner on 17.02.2025; a GD entry was made and the petitioner was called for preliminary enquiry; on completion of the enquiry the complaint was closed as 'civil in nature' on 25.02.2025. Held: the respondent authorities are to be directed not to interfere with the life and liberty of the petitioner except in accordance with law. Subject to this direction, the writ petition was disposed of at the admission stage, with the consent of counsel, without costs; pending miscellaneous petitions were closed (T. Vinod Kumar, J.; order dated 09.04.2025).

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ny'cH couRr FoR THE srATE oF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

WEDNESDAY ,THE NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR

WRIT PETITION NO: 10539 OF 2025

Between

Gunda Raghavulu, S/o.Late Gunda Venkatappaiah Aged about 83 Years, Occ Senior Citizen R/o Flat No.36, G6, J Rama Rao Apartments HUDA Complex, Saroornagar Ranga Reddy District.

..PETITIONER

AND

1 The State of Telangana. Rep. by its Principal Secretary Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad

2 The C ommissioner of Police, Rachakonda Commissionerate Rachakonda, R.R,D istrict

The Deputy Commissioner of Police, L.B.Nagar Zone, Rachakonda Commissionerate L.B Nagar, Ranga Reddy District

The Assistant Commissioner of Police, L.B.Nagar Division, Rachakonda Commrssronerate L.B. Nagar, Ranga Reddy District.

The Station House Offrcer, Saroornagar Police Station Rachakonda Commissronerate Ranga Reddy District

t/r.Mahender, Sub-lnspector of Police Saroornagar Police Station^Ranga Reddy District

..RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia^praying that^{in the} circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the^{High Court may be} pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more^particularly oneⁱⁿ the nature of Writ of lr/andamus. declarrng the action of the^{Respondent Nos.2 to 6} more particularly the Respondent Nos.5 and 6 in calling the^{petitioner regularly to} its police station without assigning any reasons by interfering^{withthe personallife} and liberty of the petitroner as illegal, arbitrary,^u nconstitution^{al and violatton of} Article 21 of Constitution of lndia and consequently direct the^{RespondentNos.2} to 6 more pa(icularly the Respondent Nos.5 and 6 not to harass the^petitionerby calling him to the police station by interfering with^personallife and^{libertyof the} petitioner without assigning any reasons

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lA NO: 1 OF 2025

Petrtion Lrncler Section 1 5'l CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed rn support of the petitron, the High Court rnay be p eased to direct the Respondent Nos 5 and 6 not to call the petitioner to their police station by interferrng with xrs lersonal life and liberty without assignrng any r(tason, pending disposal of the above writ petition

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRl. C HARI PREETH

Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOME

The Court made the following: ORDER

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THE HON'BLE SRI^{JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR}

w.P. No. 10539 of^2o25

ORDER:

I{eard lcarned Counsel^{for thepetitioner,thelearned} Governmcnt Pleadcr^{for Homcappearing lor the official respondent} Nos.1 to 5, and^{with the consent of the learnedcounsel appearing} for the respective^{parties, thc writ petition is takenup for hearing} and disposal at admission^stage

Having regard to thc nature^{of lis involved inthe Writ} Petition and the^{manncr of clisposal, this Court is of the viewthat} notice to unoflicizrl^{respondentNo 6 is notnecessaryfor} adjudication of^{the presentWrit Petition.}

Shorn of unnccessatn^{cletails,the case of the petitioner,in} brief, is that respondent^{Nos.2 to 6 are calling the petitionerto the} 5th responclent-policc^{statiol-rr'r'ithout assigning any reason, thereby} interfering with^{the personal tife and libertyof the petitioner, which} action of the respondents^{itis contendedas highly illegal and} arbitrarv.

Per contra, Icarncd^{GovcrnmentPleader lor Home appearing} for respondents-authoritie^{s submitthat one MandadiNarasimha} Reddy had approached the^{5d' respondentand lodged a complaint} against the^{petitioner on17.02.2025;that on theaforesaid}

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complai.t lrcing lo<1gcd, the rcspondents authorities ha;e made a GD errtry :rtd called the petitioner to concluct prcliminary enquiry to verify zrs r,r the corrcctness of the contcnts of tl,rc said r:omplair_rt; an<i that ot: r:omplctior] of thc preliminary enquirrl, the authorities have closcrl tlrr. ,rI lresaid ,.rrmplainl as .civil in nrture, on 2).O2.2025

5 Lcarn, l Goverr-lrncnt plcacler furthcr submits that,lxcept for thc purpost of causing prcliminary cnquiry irt relation to the complaint lodged b1. one Mandadi Narasinrl-ra Rerl<ly, the rcspondents authorjtics have nr:ver callccl the pctitioner t.o thc Srh respondellt p'rlice slirti.r-r nor interfercd rt,ith the pcrso.ai li|c and liberty of thc l)etitioncr..

The alo.esaid slrltmission n.rade bv the lcar.ned Gor ernmcnt Plcader for [[orne is t;rkt:n on record.

7 . Havi:'rg r.egard to the submissions n-radc as a bovc, and taking notc of th<, ltct that rhe respondents authorities. on reccrving a complaint ag;Linst thr: petitioner on 17.o'2.2o2s and after causing enquiry, havinq closecl the samc on 25.02.2025 as ,civil in nature,, this Court is of thr: vieu, that the responclen ts_aut.horities respondent to be directcrl not to interlere rvith the Iife and ljbertv of the pctitiont:r, (rxcept in accordance with l:rw.

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Subjcct to the abovc direction, thc Writ Petition is disposed

of. No order as to costs

Consequently, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall

stand closed

SD/-P. CH. NAGABHUSHAMBA DEPUTY REGISTRAR

//TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER

To,

The Principal Secretary Home^{Department, Secretariat,Hyderabad}

The Commisstoner of^{Po ce, Rachakonda CommissionerateRachakonda,} R R.District

The Deputy Commissioner^{of Police,L.B.Nagar Zone'Rachakonda} Commiisionerate L.B^{Nagar. RangaReddy District}

The Assistant Commissioner^{of Police,L.B.Nagar Division, Rachakonda} Commissionerate L.B. Nagar,^{RangaReddy District}

The Statron House Officer,^{Saroornagar Police Station Rachakonda} Commissionerate Ranga^{Reddy District}

Ivlr.Mahender, Sub-lnspector^{of Police Saroornagar Police Station Ranga} Reddy District.

7 One CC to SRI C HARI^{PREETHAdvocate} [OPUC]

B Two CCs to GP^{FOR HOME} ,High^{Court for the State of Telangana [OUT]}

Two CD Copies

KKS BS

HIGH COURT

DATED:0910412025

ORDER

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DISPOSING THE WRIT PETITION WITHOUT COSTS

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