IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 7606 of 2008 Between: 1 Buddha Revathi W/o.Muniswamy 2 Davuluri Vijaya Kumari W/o.Babu Rao 3 Kalla Nagamanamma W/o.Kalla Appa Rao 4 Budha Venkata Ganga Raju S/o.late Durga Rao 5 Bheesetty Jagadeeswaramma W/o.Nookaraju 6 Kandregula Parvathi W/o.Parasuramulu ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, rep. by its Commissioner, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2 Sree Durgamalleswara Devasthanam, Indrakiladri, Rep. by its Executive Officer, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3 The Government of A.P., Endowments Dept., Rep. by its Commissioner, Boggulakunta, Abids, Hyderabad 4 The District Collector, Krishna District, at Machilipatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the Respondents in attempting to demolish the Residential Houses of the Petitioners bearing D.Nos.10-3-2/5, 10-3-24/3, 10-3-82, 10-3-2/26B, 10-3-2/3 and 10-3-9A respectively, situated at Mallikarjunapet, Vijayawada-1 in which they are presently residing, without assigning any valid reasons and even without issuing notice to the Petitioners, is highly arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory and contrary to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act apart from violative of Arts. 14, 21 and 300 (A) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents not to demolish the Petitioners' Houses bearing D.Nos.10-3-2/5, 10-3-24/3, 10-3-82, 10-3-2/26B, 10-3-2/3 and 10-3-9A respectively, situated at Mallikarjunapet, Vijayawada-1 without following the due process of law as prescribed under Land Acquisition Act. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI P. VENKATA RAO, Advocate for the Petitioners and of Smt. G. Jhansi, Advocate for the respondent No.1 and of Sri V.T.M. Prasad, S.C. for Devasthanam, for the respondent No.2 and of the Govt. Pleader for Endowments for the respondent No.3 and of the Govt. Pleader for Revenue for the respondent No.4, the Court made the following ORDER: Post on 10-04-2008 in Motion List. In the meantime, the dwelling units of the writ petitioners may not be demolished. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Commissioner, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2 The Executive Officer,Sree Durgamalleswara Devasthanam, Indrakiladri, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 3 The Commissioner, Government of A.P., Endowments Dept., Boggulakunta, Abids, Hyderabad 4 The District Collector, Krishna District, at Machilipatnam. ( 1 to 4 by RPAD) 5. 2 CCs to the G.P. for Endowments, High court of A.P.Hyd. (O.U.T) 6. 2 CCs to the G.P.for Revenue, High court of A.P.Hyd. (O.U.T) 7. One C.C.to Sri P. Venkata Rao, Advocate. (OPUC) 8. one spare copy. HIGH COURT NRR.J DATED 8-4-2008 POST ON 10-04-2008 IN MOTION LIST. ORDER W.P.NO. 7606 OF 2008 DIRECTION Bsr Dt. 9-4-2008 HIGH COURT NRR.J DATED 8-4-2008 POST ON 10-04-2008 IN MOTION LIST. ORDER W.P.NO. 7606 OF 2008 DIRECTION