IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINETH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12312 of 2008 Between: 1 Ch. Prabhudas, S/o. Venkataratnam R/o. H.No. 3-24/1, Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 2 P. Rammohan Rao S/o. Ramaiah R/o. H.No. 3-26, Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 3 Ch. Lakshmi Tulasi W/o. Ch. Prabhudas R/o. H.No. 3-24/1, Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 4 N. Nagarani W/o. Madhava Rao R/o. H.No. 3-24/1, Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 5 K. Prasad S/o. Bhavana Rushi R/o. H.No. 2-200, Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 6 K. Panaiah S/o. Bhavana Rushi R/o. H.No. 2-200, Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 7 K. Rammohan Rao S/o. Bhavana Rushi R/o. H.No. 2-200, Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 8 Y.N.Venugopal Rao S/o. Venkateswara Rao R/o. H.No. 2-200, Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 9 K. Veerabhadra Rao S/o. Venkata Rama Rao Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 10 Koneru Bose s/o. Venkata Ratnam R/o. Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 11 A. Satyanaraya Murthy S/o. Chinna Kutumba Rao R/o. Gosala Village, Penamalur Mandal, Krishna District. 12 Anjuri Rama Krishna s/o. Thathaiah R/o. H.No. 4-94,Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 13 S. Ramaiah s/o. Peda Subbaiah R/o. H.No. 4-92, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 14 P. Sridharpani S/o. Papa Rao R/o. H.No. Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 15 P. Srikanth S/o. Papa Rao R/o. H.No. 4-95, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 16 Shaik Basha S/o. Galib Saheb R/o. H.No. 4-85, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 17 B. Rajesh S/o. Venkanna R/o. H.No. 4-89-1, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 18 B. Venkanna S/o. Rama Swamy R/o. H.No. 4-89-1, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 19 Ch. Purnachadra Rao S/o. Subba Rao R/o. H.No. 4-89, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 20 Ch. Anjanai Kumari W/o. Purnachandra Rao R/o. H.No. 4-89, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 21 K. Seetharam Prasad S/o. Sivaramaiah R/o. H.No. 4-88-1, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 22 Y. Lakshmi Perumallu S/o. Anjaiah R/o. Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 23 V. Koteswara Rao s/o. Veerabhadra Rao R/o. H.No. 5/46A, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 24 V.V.P.Rajeswari W/o. Koteswara Rao R/o. H.No. 4-81-2, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 25 V.V.Ranga Rao S/o. Veerabhadra Rao R/o. H.No. 5/45, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 26 M. Anasuryavathamma W/o. Nageswara Rao R/o. H.No. 4-90, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 27 Ch. Ashok Kumar Choudhary S/o. Krishna Murthy R/o. Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 28 T. Papa Rao S/o. Kondaiah R/o. Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 29 K.V. Llakshmi W/o. Krishna Murthy R/o. H.No. 5-20, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 30 V. Venkateswara Rao s/o. nagabhushanam R/o. H.No. 4-84, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 31 P. Sarojini Devi W/o. Srimannarayana R/o. Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 32 B. Suseelabayamma W/o. Stayanandam R/o. H.No. 4-89, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. 33 Shaik Masthanvali s/o. Galib Saheb R/o. H.No. 4-98, Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Union Government of india, Department of Shipping, Roads, Transport & Highways, rep. by The Secretary, Room No. 501, Transport Bhavan, No.1, Parliament Street, New Delhi- 110 001. 2 The Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, G 5 & 6, Sector-10, New Delhi - 110 075 3 The Project Director, National Highways Authority of India, Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad. 4 The District Collector, Krishna District, Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ order or direction more particularly in the nature of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in interfering with the house and appurtenant vacant site properties of us, which total repsective extent would be around Ac. 0-50 cents, situated in R.S.Nos.31/1, 3/2, 3/3, 31/1, 32/1, 32/2, 92/1 and 24/2 of Gosala Village of Penamaluru Mandal of Krishna District and around Ac. 1-50 cents in R.S.Nos. 364/1, 364/1B, R.S.No. 334/3, R.S.Nos.354, 354/1 R.S.Nos. 300/2, and R.s.No. 295/3 of Edupugallu Village, Kankipadu Mandal, Krishna District as illegal, arbitrary, viod, unconstitutional, unlawful, against the Principles of Natural Justice and without any authority and consequently to direct the respondents herein, not to intergfere with the said land of me, in the interests of justice and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.SREEDHAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : O R D E R: This Writ Petition has been ﬁled by the petitioners who are 33 in number assailing the action of the respondents in interfering with the property in their occupation on the premise of widening of the existing road without following due process of law. Rule nisi came to be issued on 19.6.2008 and an interim order also came to be passed on the even date. 3rd respondent-Project Director, National Highways Authority of India ﬁled counter aﬃdavit. It is stated in the counter aﬃdavit that they will follow due process of law in the event of the petitioners land is required for road widening. Para 4 of the counter reads as under: “ 4. It is submitted that if any land were required for NHAI, the procedure under the National Highways Act would be followed for the purpose of acquisition. Without following the procedure contemplated under the Act, the NHAI would not enter into the land of the petitioners.” Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties. In view of the speciﬁc assertion of the 3rd respondent at 4th para of his counter aﬃdavit that the National Highways Authorities would follow the due process of law, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to follow due process of law in the event of the properties owned by the petitioners herein are required for road widening. No costs. 29th October, 2008. (B.Seshasayana Reddy,J) tnb ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KSRANI} THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.12312 OF 2008 29T H OCTOBER 2008