IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND SIX PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 1013 of 2006 Between: Kodancha Ranga Rao ..... PETITIONER AND Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Secretary, Public Works Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and another .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: Seeking a Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in contemplating to dispossess the petitioner from his building bearing D.No.27-14-55, M.G.Road, Governorpet, Vijayawada, Krishna District or demolish the same or any portion thereof without following the due process of law, as illegal and arbitrary, the writ petition is filed. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the absolute owner and possessor of the premises mentioned in the writ petition and has been paying taxes to the respondent Corporation. In view of the traffic congestion and to have free flow of traffic, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has decided to widen the roads, for which they have identified the property of the petitioner and proposed to demolish the same highhandedly without following the due procedure prescribed in law. The only grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents without issuing any notices, without paying any compensation for his structures or the lands and without following due process of law, are threatening to demolish the existing structures of the petitioner for the purpose of road-widening. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the action of respondents without following the due procedure prescribed under law and without paying any compensation either by way of private negotiations or by way of initiating proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act is utter violation of the principles of natural justice as well Sections 146 and 147 of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’). This Court disposed of number of writ petitions directing the respondents not to demolish the houses of the private citizens without following due process of law. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondents are directed not to demolish the structures or take away any portion of the properties of the petitioner and not to dispossess him without following due process of law under Sections 146 and 147 of the Act or private negotiations or initiating the proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. With the above observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J Dated: 17.01.2006 Dsr Note: Issue CC tomorrow B/o Dsr