( 1 ) RULE Nisi.

( 2 ) THE writ petition has been filed seeking a direction against respondents to provide Armed escort on payment of usual charges and on usual terms and conditions to the petitioner on the ground that there is threat to his life. The petitioner has stated in his writ petition that there is some rivalry going on between two political parties for a long time. He submits that on 27/05/1979 his father as well as his six cousins were killed. He further states that on 29/04/1986 his brother was murdered. He attributes all these murders to one Sri Bijjam Satyanarayan Reddy. He submits that there is rivalry between him and Sri Satyanarayana Reddy. they belong to different parties. One of the brothers of the petitioner is an MLA representing the congress party. The petitioner had filed earlier a writ petition being WP No. 24456/96 for police protection and the Court had directed the concerned officers to consider the representation made by the petitioner. It appears that he was given police escort from June, 1997 till end of September, 1997. This petition was filed on the eve of general elections to the 12th Lok Sabha which have now been concluded. The petit