IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH: HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No.20699 OF 2007 BETWEEN: K.R. Dayashanker S/o. Late K. Ratnaiah …. Petitioner AND Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Rep. by its Special Officer, Hyderabad and others …. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No.20699 OF 2007 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents Corporation in acquiring the land in respect of house property bearing No.12-8-473 and 474, Mettuguda, Tarnaka Road, Secunderabad belonging to the petitioner, without following the procedure as laid down under Chapter V of the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) as illegal and arbitrary and consequently stay further proceedings including demolition or dispossession of the members of the petitioner society from the said property. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that without following the procedure as laid down under Chapter V of the Act, respondent Corporation has acquired the land of the petitioner. 3. The learned standing counsel for the respondents made available a copy of the proceedings dated 23-11-2009 in Lr.No.2009/RW/TPS/SC/NZ/GHMC/2007 of the Town Planning Section, Secunderabad, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation – North Zone, stating that the Municipal Corporation has already filed the land acquisition proposals under Section 147 of the Act in respect of the above said premises. Therefore, the cause in this writ petition does not survive. 4. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of, leaving open all remedies available under law to the petitioner society. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________ K.C. BHANU, J September 23, 2009. KTL