THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.27244 of 2011 Dated 29th September, 2011 Between: Addala Rama Mohana Rao …Petitioner And The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, rep.by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam …Respondent Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Addepalli Suryanarayana Counsel for respondent: Sri N.Ranga Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in forcing the petitioner to accept transferable development right certificate (TDR) in lieu of payment of compensation for vacating his property in the road widening programme as illegal and arbitrary. In my opinion, if the land owner does not give his consent under Section 146 of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’), the only other option left with the respondent is to follow the procedure prescribed under Section 147 of the Act for acquiring the land, if it is needed for road widening. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent to follow the above-mentioned procedure, as the petitioner is not willing to accept the TDR. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.33635 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 29th September, 2011 VGB