The police lack authority to mediate civil disputes, which must be addressed by civil courts or legal services authorities.

The Grievance of the petitioner in the writ petition is that the respondent Nos.3 and 4, at the behest of the respondent No.5, are interfering in the civil dispute between the petitioner and the respondent No.5.

2. Heard Sri Bonu Rama Shankar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government pleader for Home, appearing for the respondent Nos.1 to 4.

3. The learned Assistant Government pleader for Home submitted the written instructions of the Station House officer, I Town police Station, Vizianagaram, and stated that the respondent No 5 had submitted a grievance application before the District Collector, Vizianagaram, on 05-05-2025 Therefore, the petitioner and the respondent No.5 were called to the respondent No.4-Police station and conducted an enquiry and opined that no further action was required to be taken on the representation given by respondent No.5 to the District Collector and a case in Crime No.375 of 2024 of I Town Police Station is Pending against the petitioner and the case is under Investigation and also a civil case is pending before the court concerned. It is further submitted that the Station House officer concluded that the police are not interfering in the civil disputes.

4. Be that as it may, in civil disputes, the police have no role to play either for conducting any conciliation or mediation at the behest of unofficial respondents or any extraneous authority. For settlement of the civil disputes, the parties concerned have to approach either the Legal services Authority or the competent Civil Courts for redressal of their grievances. At any rate, at the cost of repetition, the respondent Nos.3 and 4 are not supposed to entertain any kind of representation with regard to the Civil rights of the parties in respect of movable or immovable properties.

5. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing the respondent Nos.3 to 4 no to entertain any kind of representations concerning the rights of the parties to the movable or immovable properties which are the proper subject matter of the civil courts.

6. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed.