HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.11341 of 2008 ORDER : The petitioners claim to be the owners of various extents of land in Survey No.33 of Narsipatnam village and Mandal of Visakhapatnam District. They complain that the officials of the Roads and Buildings Department have visited the land on 20th May 2008 and are trying to dispossess them without initiating any proceedings. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Roads and Buildings. On the basis of instructions obtained by him, the learned Government Pleader submits that it is proposed to construct a by-pass road from Narsipatnam to Seeleru via Chintapalli and a preliminary survey was conducted for that purpose. As of now, the respondents have not issued any notification or proceedings proposing to acquire the land of the petitioners. The preliminary steps taken for surveying the lands cannot be said to have resulted in detrimental to the petitioners. This much it can be said that the petitioners shall not be dispossessed from the lands in question without due process of law. Writ petition is accordingly disposed of. _______________ 29th May 2008. ajr