IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 2854 of 2009 Between: Sri Varadapu Reddy Venkata Narasayya Naidu, S/o. Chinnam Naidu R/o. D.No.3-4, Devarpalli Village & Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. ..... Petitioner AND 1 The Tahsildar of Devarpalli Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 2 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Executive Officer of Devarapally V & M, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad, Visakhapatnam. 5 The Senior Executive Engineer R & B , Visakhapatnam. .....Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue any Writ, order or direction, more particularly, one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the high handed action of the respondents in attempting to demolish petitioner's 4 shop rooms bearing D.Nos. 1-183/1, 2, 3 & 4 situated in an extent of 72 Sq.Yds. of Devarapally Village & Mandal, Visakhapatnam Dist. on 09-02-2009 at about 11 a.m. for the purpose of road widening without issuing any notice and without paying any compensation and without acquiring the same under Land Acquisition Act by following due process of law is illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of Article 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondents not to demolish his shops without following due process of law. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support there of and upon hearing the arguments of Smt.N(P) ANJANA DEVI, Advocate for the Petitioner and GP for Revenue for Respondent Nos 1 and 2, GP for Panchayat Raj for Respondent No. 3, Sri M.Prabhakar Rao, Advocate for Respondent No. 4 and GP for Roads and Buildings for Respondent No. 5, the Court made the following: ORDER: Post on 24.02.2009, in the motion list. Status-quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained, till then. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1 The Tahsildar of Devarpalli Mandal, Visakhapatnam. 2 The District Collector, Visakhapatnam. 3 The Executive Officer of Devarapally V & M, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad, Visakhapatnam. 5 The Senior Executive Engineer R & B , Visakhapatnam.(RR 1 to 5 by RPAD) 6. One CC to Smt. N(P) Anjana Devi, Advocate, (OPUC) 7. Two CCs to GP for Revenue, High Court of A.P.,Hyd. (OUT) 8. Two CCs to GP for Panchayat Raj, High Court of A.P.,Hyd. (OUT) 9. Two CCs to GP for Roads and Buildings, High Court of A.P.,Hyd. (OUT) 10. One spare copy. HIGH COURT LNRJ DT. 13.2.2009. POST ON 24.02.2009 IN THE MOTION LIST. ORDER WP NO. 2854/2009 STATUS-QUO Drafted by JU Dt. 17.2.2009. HIGH COURT LNRJ DT. 13.2.2009. POST ON 24.02.2009 IN THE MOTION LIST. ORDER WP NO. 2854/2009 STATUS-QUO