HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.20969 of 2009 DATED 25.09.2009 Between: Sri Malla Ramesh Kumar and others ..... PETITIONERS AND Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) Project and another .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the petitioners: SRI N. SURYA KUMARI Counsel for the Respondents: SRI N.RANGA REDDY THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING: O R D E R:- The petitioners claim to be the absolute owners of the properties mentioned in paragraph No.2 of the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, situated in Survey No.28 of Gopalapatnam Village and Panchayat, Main Road, Gopalapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. Their grievance is that the respondents are trying to demolish their properties for expanding the existing roads for the project of Bus Raid Transit System, without following due process of law. When the matter is taken up, the learned Standing Counsel for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation appearing for the second respondent submits that the respondents are not demolishing the properties of the petitioners and if the properties of the petitioners are required for road widening, they will follow due process of law. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and in view of the submission made by the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the second respondent, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondents to follow the due process of law, if the properties of the petitioners are required for road widening. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 25.09.2009 Note: Issue operative portion by wire at party’s cost (B/o) va