Boddupally Shankara Chary Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

Boddupally Shankara Chary Vs The State of Telangana — Writ and Judicial Review | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition disposed of at the admission stage without expressing any opinion on the merits; liberty granted to the petitioner to seek appropriate remedies as available under law, with the observation that the respondent authorities shall follow the process as contemplated under law; miscellaneous applications, if any pending, stand closed; no orders as to costs.

Issue for consideration

Whether the inaction of respondent Nos. 2 and 3 (Superintendent of Police, Nalgonda, and SHO, Devarakonda Police Station) in taking action against the unofficial respondent Nos. 4 and 5 pursuant to the petitioner's written complaint dated 18-08-2025, despite personal visits, was illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional, and whether respondent Nos. 2 and 3 should be directed to forthwith act upon the complaint and take action as per law.

Court's answer

With the consent of learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, the writ petition was taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself.

Ratio / Principle

Taking into account the submissions of counsel on either side, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, and since the petitioner's complaint dated 18.08.2025 had been closed on 19.08.2025, the Court deemed it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, granting liberty to the petitioner to seek appropriate remedies as available under law; needless to say, the respondent authorities shall follow the process as contemplated under law.

Key takeaways

Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed, and no orders as to costs were made.ratio¶37

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Telangana High Court (N.V. Shravan Kumar, J.), Writ Petition No. 25836 of 2025, disposed of on 01-09-2025 at the admission stage with the consent of counsel. The petitioner, a carpenter, had sought a writ of mandamus under Article 226 directing the Superintendent of Police, Nalgonda, and the Station House Officer, Devarakonda Police Station, to act on his written complaint dated 18-08-2025 against two private respondents, alleging non-payment of monies relating to carpentry work and attendant pressure/threats; a connected application under Section 151 CPC sought a direction to register an FIR. The State informed the Court that the complaint dated 18.08.2025 was registered, that enquiry revealed the dispute between the parties was money-related and civil in nature, and that the complaint was closed as 'Civil' in nature (recorded as closed on 19.08.2025) with the parties directed to approach the competent Civil Court. Without expressing any opinion on the merits, the Court disposed of the petition granting the petitioner liberty to seek appropriate remedies available under law and observed that the respondent authorities shall follow the process contemplated under law; miscellaneous applications were closed and no costs were imposed. No precedent was cited.

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY,THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEIUBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR

WRIT PETITION NO: 25836 OF 2025

Between:

Boddupally Shankara Chary, s/o Late Kotaiah, aged about 45 years, occ. Carpenter, rio Shivajinagar, Devarakonda, Nalgonda District.

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The State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretarial, Hyderabad.

The Superintendent of Police, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District.

The Station House Officer, Devarakonda Police Station Nalgonda District. 4. Ch. Das, s/o Kashaiah, aged about 42 years, occ. Business, r/o Devarakonda Nalgonda District.

5 B.V Chary alias Balooji Venkata Chary, s/o Laxminarayana Chary, aged 44 years Occ. Business, r/o Nellapalli village Chintalapalli Mandal, Nalgonda District.

...RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of the 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 one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the respondent No.2 and 3 herein in taking action against the unofficial respondents, pursuant to the written complaint dt. 18-8-2025 following by personal visits, as being illegal, arbitrary, unjust and u n constitutiona I and consequently direct the respondent No. 2 and 3 herein to forthwith act upon the complaint and take action against the unofficial respondents pursuant to the complaint dt.^'18/8/2025 and take action against them as per Law

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Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in s;upport of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to direct the respondent No.3 herein to register the FIR agarnst the unofficial respondents pursuant to the complaint dt.^'l8/8/2025, pending disposal of the main Writ Petition

Counsel for the Petitioner: SRl. KASTHURI SURENDER

Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 1to3: SRI M. SRINIVAS, AGP FOR HOME Counsel for the Respondent Nos. 4&5:--

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