HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 23758 of 2007 Dated: 12-11-2007 Between: Mahaboob Sahreef ..... PETIT AND Grater Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, Rep., by its Commissioner, Hyderabad and 2 others. .....RESPOND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 23758 of 2007 O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to dispossess the petitioner from his premises bearing No.4-1-644 situated at Jambagh, Hyderabad without initiating Land Acquisition proceedings under the provisions of Section 147 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) as illegal. Heard Sri K.Jamali, representing Sri Mohd. Zia-ul-Haq, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri R.Ramachandra Reddy, learned standing counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad (for short “the Corporation”). The only grievance of the petitioner as projected by the learned counsel appearing for him is that though the petitioner is willing to part with the land, provided the respondents initiated land acquisition proceedings in accordance with law, no such proceedings are being initiated and that instead, the afore mentioned premises belonging to him is sought to be taken over by the Corporation. Sri R.Ramachandra Reddy, learned standing counsel stated that as of now, there is no proposal to acquire the property of the petitioner and that if and when the Corporation decides to acquire the land, it will follow the procedure envisaged under Section 147 of the Act. The statement of the learned standing counsel is taken on record and in view of the same, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous. No costs. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date: 12-11-2007 KLP