IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 23568 of 2003 Between: Sri Aki Radhakrishna Murthy, S/o late Gurnadham Managing Trustee Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Devesthanam Machavaram, Vijayawada, Krishna District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Vice Chairman Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali, Mangalagiri Urban Development Authorities of Vijayawada, Vijayawada 2 The Commissioner of Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada, Krishna District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ order or direction declaring the impugned action of the Respondents in taking possession of the land to an extent of 319 square yards (along with structure admeasuring 2,877 belonging to Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Temple at Machavaram, Vijayawada for the Road widening without initiating Land Acquisition Proceedings as arbitrary, illegal, void ab initio, besides violating of Article 300-A of the Constitution of India and principles of natural justice and further may be pleased to direct the Respondents to initiate Land Acquisition proceedings and pay the compensation for the land and structure admeasuring 319 square yards and the structure admeasuring 2,877 square fates situated at Machavaram, Vijayawada. Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.N.INDRANI Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.G.JHANSI The Court made the following : ORDER : Today, when the matter is called, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. No order as to costs. _____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. 21st July, 2009 skmr