The court held that the petitioner must exhaust alternative legal remedies before seeking relief in a writ petition concerning civil disputes between private parties.

ORDER :

1. Heard Sri J. Venkatram Narsimha Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for School Education for respondent Nos.1,4,6 and 9, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue for respondent No.2, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home for respondent No.3, Sri Raparthy Venkatesh, learned standing counsel appearing for respondent No.5, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Higher Education for respondent No.10. Perused the record.

2. Petitioner is a society registered under the Telangana Societies Registration Act, 2001. It is running a school namely Mufeed-Ul-Anam School situated at Yakathpura, Hyderabad. Respondent Nos.7 and 8, are neighbours of the said school and they have trespassed into the property of the school illegally. They have closed the school. Therefore, the petitioner has submitted representation dated 24.05.2025 to the Station House Officer, Mirchowk Police Station and Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Zone, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad and also to respondent Nos.2,3,5,6 and 9 with a request to take action against respondent Nos.7 and 8. Despite receiving and acknowledging the said representation, the concerned respondents have not taken any action against respondent Nos.7 and 8. Aggrieved by the said in action of the aforesaid respondents, petitioner filed the present writ petition.

3. Perusal of the record would reveal that earlier Dharmavanth Hindi Educational Institutional Trust had filed a writ petition vide W.P.No.14810 of 2021 seeking a direction to respondent Nos.2, 3 and others to take necessary steps against respondent Nos.7 and 8 herein. The said writ petition was dismissed on 16.08.2021. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the said order, the said Trust preferred an intra-court appeal under clause 15 of the Letter Patent vide W.A.No.429 of 2021. A Division Bench of this Court directed the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad to depute police personnel to the premises of the appellant and ensure that the locked premises are unlocked providing access to the appellant to the record of the institution. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the said order was implemented and the said writ appeal is pending. Thus, now the grievance of the petitioner is that respondent Nos.1 to 6, 9 and 10 have to consider the representation dated 30.05.2025 and take action against respondent Nos.7 and 8 to unlock the entrance gate of the school locked by respondent Nos.7 and 8. Respondent No.3 is also not taking any action against respondent Nos.7 and 8.

4. According to the petitioner, respondent Nos.7 and 8 have locked the school premises on 24.05.2025 at 11.00A.M. Therefore, the petitioner has lodged a complaint with Station House Officer, Mirchowk Police Station on 24.05.2025 and also a complaint dated 24.05.2025 to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Zone and to respondent No.3 - Commissioner of Police. The petitioner has sent complaint dated 24.05.2025 to the Station House Officer, Mirchowk Police Station through post and it has filed only postal receipt. It has not filed proof of service of the said complaint on Station House Officer, Mirchowk Police Station. The petitioner did not make the Station House Officer, Mirchowk Police Station as party to the present writ petition. Though the petitioner is claiming that it has lodged a complaint with the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Zone on 24.05.2025, it has not made the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Zone as party to the present writ petition. However, the petitioner has filed copy of the complaint dated 24.05.2025 submitted to respondent No.3 - Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad.

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