IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.11332 of 2005 Between: 1 A. Srinivas S/o. Rajanna All are R/o. Mancherial Village and Mandal, Adilabad District. 2 Mohd. Afzal S/o. Abdul Rahman All are R/o. Mancherial Village and Mandal, Adilabad District. 3 Rizwan Ahmed S/o, V. Abdul Razaak All are R/o. Mancherial Village and Mandal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Commissioner, Mancherial Municipality, Adilabad District. 2 The District Collector, Adilabad. .....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, order, or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st Respondent in taking steps to form a road over the lands belonging to the petitioners in Sy.No. 194 of Mancherial Village & Mandal, Adilabad District, without following due process of law and without initiating proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents not to form a road over the said lands and not take possession, without following due process of law and pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice and circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.P.ROY REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.11332 of 2005 ORDER: Petitioners seek to issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in taking steps to lay a road over the lands belonging to the petitioners in Sy.No.194 situated at Mancherial Village and Mandal, Adilabad District, without following due process of law and without initiating proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as illegal and arbitrary. This court, while admitting the writ petition on 17-05-2005, granted interim direction not to dispossess the petitioners without following due process of law and without acquiring the land of the petitioners for the purpose of laying road or for any other purpose. I am of the opinion that the writ petition can be disposed of in terms of the interim order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the interim order. There shall be no order as to costs. __________ 14-03-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}