IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 22772 of 2010 Between: Haji Mohammed Moosa Khasim ..... PETITIONER AND Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, rep. by its Commissioner, Tankbund, Hyderabad and another. .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following O R D E R: In this[aphc1] case, the grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent-Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been seeking to acquire his house[aphc2] for the purpose of widening the road existing, without invoking the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and that the respondent-Corporation has been offering meager amounts as compensation for the houses sought to be taken possession of by them. It is further asserted that the value offered by the Corporation is, in fact, less than the value prevailing for the land as also the value fixed by the revenue establishment of the State Government and, hence, the petitioner is not interested in agreeing to receive the compensation offered by the respondent-Corporation and deliver possession of the house. It is needless to observe that the Municipal Corporation cannot take possession of the property owned by the citizens without recourse to law. The respondents are, therefore, directed to follow the procedure laid down in the Land Acquisition Act and acquire the house in question and without adopting such a procedure, it should not insist upon the petitioner to part with the possession of the house. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of, but however, without costs. (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 8th November 2010 kvr [aphc1] [aphc2]