IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL WRIT PETITION No.26716 of 2025 Date: 09.03.2026 Between:

Mr. Mohammed Fayyaz Uddin ..Petitioner And The State of Telangana, rep. by its Principal Secretary for Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and 6 others ..Respondents

ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed seeking the following relief:- “…to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.5 and 6 in opening and maintaining Rowdy Sheet against the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary and violation of Articles 14, 19(1)(e) and 21 of the Constitution of India. Consequently, direct the respondent No.6 to close the Rowdy Sheet which has been maintaining against the petitioner and pass…”

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for the respondents. Perused the record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner hails from respectable family and he is a law abiding citizen and he is eeking out his livelihood as an Auto Driver. Learned counsel for the petitioner would further submit that in view of registration of a case against the petitioner vide Crime No.225 of 2020 of Chaderghat Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 302 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code, a rowdy sheet/surveillance sheet has been opened against him. It is the further case of the petitioner that, after completion of investigation, charge sheet was laid and the same was numbered as P.R.C.No.294 of 2021 on the file of VIII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad and thereafter, the case was committed to Sessions Court and was made over to II Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad in S.C.No.895 of 2023 and during the pendency of the Sessions case, the case was split up against the petitioner vide SC.No.482 of 2025 and at present it is coming for appearance.

3.1. The main grievance of the petitioner is that as on today, there is only one case pending against the petitioner herein. However, without considering the said fact and also the procedure laid down under the A.P.Police Manual, the respondents have issued the above said rowdy sheet against the petitioner herein and they are continuing the same which is arbitrary, illegal and also contrary to the principles laid down by the Hon’ble Apex Court and this Court in catena of decisions. Learned counsel would further submit that under the guise of opening and continuation of rowdy sheet, the respondents-police are calling the petitioner to the police station and harassing him by making him to wait in the police station for hours together. With the said submissions, learned counsel for the petitioner sought a direction to the respondents to close the above said rowdy sheet opened against the petitioner.

4. A counter affidavit is filed by respondent No.4 stating that, in view of the involvement of the petitioner in Crime No.225 of

2020 for serious offences, the Police, Chaderghat Police Station, Hyderabad, has opened a rowdy sheet against him vide No.936/OW/SBRD/2020, dated 31.08.2020 and subsequently, the same was transferred to Dabeerpura Police Station, Hyderabad and the same is maintained on the file of Dabeerpura Police Station, Hyderabad. Learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home, on instructions, would submit that, as of now only one case is pending against the petitioner and he also seeks to pass appropriate orders.

5. Maintenance of rowdy sheets is governed by Standing Order No.601 of A.P. Police Manual, Part-I, Volume II, which reads as under:

“601. The following persons may be classified as rowdies and Rowdy Sheets (Form 80) may be opened for them under the orders of the SP/DCP and ACP/SDPO.

A. Persons who habitually commit, attempt to commit or abet the commission of offences involving a breach of the peace, disturbance to public order and security.

B. Persons