ORDER :

ARUP KUMAR GOSWAMI, J.

1. This petition, in the nature of Public Interest Litigation, is filed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to hand over the case in Crime No.553 of 2020 dated 08.11.2020 on the file of I Town Police Station, Nandyala, Kurnool District, registered for the offences under Sections 323, 506, 509, 306 r/w 34 IPC to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on the ground that some of the accused persons are the employees of the State Police Department, as Inspector of Police and constables.

2. At the very outset, it has to be noticed that the said police officers had been suspended and arrested.

3. Respondent No.7, who is the Superintendent of Police, Kurnool, had filed an affidavit stating that investigation is being done in the right direction and no case is made out warranting transfer of the case to CBI.

4. Respondents No.5 and 6, who are Director and Superintendent of Police, Central Bureau of Investigation, respectively, had filed an affidavit through the Superintendent of Police, Head of the Branch, CBI, ACB, Visakhapatnam, stating that their branch is over burdened with investigation into a large number of Anti-Corruption Cases and Bank fr