Thati Rajulu v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO Date: 9.4.2019 Between:

Thati Rajulu S/o Prasanna Age 35 Yrs R/o Vagoddugudem Village Vutlapalli Panchayat Aswaraopet Mandal Kothagudem Division Bhadradri Kothagudem and another .. Petitioner And The State of Telangana Rep by its Prl Secretary for Home Dept for State of Telengana Secretariat Hyderabad & others The State of Telangana, rep., by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others .. Respondents The Court made the following:

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO ORAL ORDER:

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Home.

2.

In this writ petition, petitioners are aggrieved by inaction in registering the crime reported by them, though the crime reported by them is cognizable.

3.

On elaborate consideration of the issue and having regard to the law laid down by the Supreme Court and view expressed by other High Courts in the judgment dated 08.03.2019 in W.P.No.38397 of 2018 and batch, this Court held that petitioners have to avail statutorily engrafted remedies available to them on issue of non registration of crime and they cannot directly invoke the jurisdiction of this Court without availing statutorily engrafted remedies.

4.

Having regard to the view taken by this Court in W.P.Nos.38397 of 2018 and batch, dated 08.03.2019, this writ petition is also not maintainable and same is accordingly dismissed. It is made clear that there is no opinion expressed on the content of complaints made. Petitioners are at liberty to avail statutory remedies ventilating their grievances against non-registration of crime. Pending miscellaneous petitions shall stand closed.

____________________ P. NAVEEN RAO, J Date: 9.4.2019 tvk

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P. NAVEEN RAO Date:9.4.2019