JUDGMENT :

L. Nageswara Rao, J.

“I do not want to be reborn, but if I am reborn, I wish that I should be born as a Harijan, as an untouchable, so that I may lead a continuous struggle, a lifelong struggle against the oppressions and indignities that have been heaped upon these classes of people”. – Mahatama Gandhi

The Petitioners who are voluntary organisations are continuing the struggle for emancipation of members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Petitioners have filed this Writ Petition aggrieved by the non-implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) and the rules made thereunder, seeking the following reliefs:

A. “Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the Respondents to set up special officers, nodal officers and protection cell as required under the Act forthwith.

B. Pass an order directing the nodal officer to investigate every case where a complaint is made to him regarding negligence of a police officer, where the FIRs are illegally no registered or registered improperly, where charge sheets are filed late, where the investigati