HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 26494 OF 2009 Dated: 29-01-2009 Between: K.B.V. Subba Rao ... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner, G.H.M.C., West Zone, Circle, 11, Serilingampally, R.R District and four others ... RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 26494 OF 2009 ORDER: (per Sri C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, J) This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in demolishing a defunct municipal office admeasuring 1446 square yards with built up area of 5134 square feet in Survey No. 53/5 of Serilingampally Mandal and Municipality, Ranga Reddy District as arbitrary and illegal. The learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, on instructions, submitted that the above mentioned property was handed over by the respondent 1 – Municipal Corporation to respondent No.2 for laying a road to provide an access to the residential buildings constructed by it under the Rajiv Swagruha Scheme. The only submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, at the hearing, is that by demolishing the building, the residents of the area will be deprived of a library, which is being run in the existing building belonging to the Municipal Corporation. The learned Standing Counsel submitted that respondent No. 1 – Corporation has requested respondent No.2 to handover a suitable piece of land for relocating the library. In view of this submission, the apprehension of the petitioner that the residents of the locality may be denied the use of the library by the proposed demolition of the existing building is allayed. As the property is being handed over by respondent No.1 for a public purpose viz., to form a road for a residential colony, we are not inclined to interfere with the said action. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, WPMP No. 34488 of 2009, filed by the petitioner for interim relief, is also dismissed. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 29-01-2010 ks