IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.5185 of 2026 DATED : 19-02-2026 Between :

Ramaraju Muralidhar Rao.

… Petitioner.

And The State of Telangana, represented by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad Telangana and others.

… Respondents.

ORDER :

The present writ petition is filed by the petitioner under Article

226 of the Constitution of India, seeking the following relief :

“…to declare the action of the respondents herein, more particularly respondents No.2, 3 and 4 in issuing/continuing the impugned Look-Out Circular (LoC) issued vide proceedings LOC Suspect No.Unnumbered dated unknown, even after filling of charge sheet in FIR No.91 of 2025, dated 29-04-2025 Women P.S, Gachibowli and FIR No 838 of 2025, Miyapur Police Station dated 09-06-2025 as illegal, arbitrary, malafide, violation of Office Memorandum dated 22.02.2021 issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Foreign Division) vide No.25016/10/2017-Imm(Pt.), and in violation of Articles 14, 19(1) (a) and 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution of India, and consequently quash the impugned Look-Out Circular (LoC) vide proceedings LoC Suspect Unnumbered dated unknown issued by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents herein by further directing the respondents No.2,3 and 4 to issue appropriate directions to respondent Nos.5 to 7 to take steps to close the Look-Out Circular (LoC) vide proceedings LOC Suspect Unnumbered dated Unknown against the Petitioner herein...…”

2. Heard Mrs.Aduri Rujitha Mary, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri M.Srinivas, learned Assistant Government Pleader appearing on behalf of Government Pleader for Home Sri Mahesh Raje. None appeared for Sri N.Bhujanga Rao, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, appearing for respondent No.7.

3. The petitioner, an Indian citizen working in Australia since

2019, challenges the issuance/continuation of a Look-Out Circular (LoC) against him in connection with FIR No.91 of 2025 and FIR No.838 of 2025 registered by Cyberabad Police. He contends that the criminal cases arose out of matrimonial disputes with his wife, that he has cooperated with the investigation, and that charge sheets have already been filed. The petitioner submits that the continuation of the LoC is illegal, arbitrary, and violative of Articles 14, 19, and 21 of the Constitution of India, as it restricts his right to travel and causes apprehension of detention upon arrival in India. Hence, he seeks quashing of the LoC and consequential directions to the respondents to close the same.

4. Learned Assistant Government Pleader submits that the Look-Out Circular issued against the petitioner has already been deleted by the Bureau of Immigration, Government of India, as evidenced by proceedings dated 21.06.2025 in LOC Ref. No.04/2025. In view of the said development, the grievance of the petitioner no longer survives and the cause in the writ petition does not subsist. Therefore, it is contended that the writ petition has become infructuous and the same may be disposed of accordingly.

5. Having considered the submissions made on either side and upon perusal of the material placed on record, this Court finds that the grievance of the petitioner is with regard to the issuance/continuation of the Look-Out Circular against him. However, the learned Assistant Government Pleader has placed on record the communication dated 21.06.2025 issued by the Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, wherein it is stated that the Look-Out Circular issued against the petitioner has already been deleted at their end. In view of the said development, the very cause of action for filing the present writ petition no longer survives.

Accordingly, the writ petition became infructuous.

6. In the result, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.

However, the petitioner is at liberty to avail the remedies available under law, if the cause survives in fut