THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.13978 of 2002 DATED: 15.03.2010 Between: G. Krishnaiah .. Petitioner And The Gram Panchayat of Achamanaidu Kandriga, Rep. by its Sarpanch, Karni (PO), Nagalapuram Mandal, Chittoor District and another .. Respondents ORDER: Assailing the action of the respondents in taking steps to lay a road across the petitioner’s lands in Sy.Nos.108/12 and 108/13 of Karani Village, Nagalapuram Mandal, Chittoor District, without following due process of law, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. No counter is filed by the respondents rebutting the averments made in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, in spite of the writ petition being filed in the year 2002 and admitted on 01.08.2002. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, as it is the only grievance of the petitioner that the respondents, without following due process of law, have been taking steps to lay the road across his lands, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: “If the lands of the petitioners are required to be acquired for the purpose of laying road, the respondents shall follow due process of law.” The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 15th March, 2010 IBL