HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 13866 OF 2011 Wednesday, the Fourth Day of May, Two Thousand and Eleven Between Sri P. Prabhakar Petitioner AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Through Principal Secretary, Revenue, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others Respondents ORDER: The petitioner, who purchased the land to an extent of 179 Sq. yards in Sy. Nos.320/1/A, 320/1/AA, 320/2, 324 & 321/12 in Ward No.8, Block No.1, Shaikpet village, Hyderabad District, complains that the said property was allotted by Osmania University Employees Society to one Smt. M.Lavanya, from whom he purchased the said property and after purchase, he applied for layout regularization in respect of the said property, which was regularized by proceedings dated 23.11.2010. Later the petitioner obtained permission from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for construction of ground + two upper floors vide permission in File No.56227/CSC/TP-10/2010 vide Permit No.427/DC/CZ/Clr-10/2010 dated 30.12.2010 and when he was proceeding with the construction, the respondents visited the spot and asked to stop the construction and tried to demolish the same. Therefore, they should be restrained from demolishing the constructions made. Ms. Y.Padmavathi, learned Standing Counsel for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, has produced copy of the letter No.16546/C10/CZ/10/784/2/05/2011 dated 29.4.2011 which shows that a show cause notice was issued to Smt. M. Lavanya, predecessor-in-title of the petitioner, calling upon her to show cause within seven days as to why the LRS proceedings vide permit No.LRS/16546/CR-10/CZ/GHMC/2010 dated 23.11.2010 should not be cancelled. But, there is no notice issued to demolish the structure. In view of the same, the petitioner is at liberty to submit his explanation to the show cause notice within ten days from today and on submission of such explanation, the respondents shall pass a speaking order after giving an opportunity to the petitioner. In the event of the regularization being cancelled, the petitioner shall not be dispossessed and the constructions shall not be demolished until the statutory period of appeal expires. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. 04-05-2011 MAS/SJ