THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO Writ Petition No.26303 of 2001 ORDER: Petitioners statedly are owners of land admeasuring 1600 Sq.Yds in Survey No.44/1 of Bholakpur Vilage, Secunderabad Mandal, Hyderabad District. They are carrying on business in name and style of M/s.Sputnik Electricals and Engineering Company. Statedly, the land was purchased by them from the lawful owners. It is their case that on 22.12.2001, persons from the office of the second respondent and fourth respondent demolished the property of the petitioners without any prior notice and without informing the reason for the same. They, therefore, filed instant writ petition seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondents as illegal, arbitrary and for consequential direction to not to dispossess the petitioners. Fourth respondent has filed counter affidavit opposing the writ petition on behalf of the second respondent. It is the case of the Government that land in Survey No.44 admeasuring Acs.21.33 guntas is divided into eight sub divisions. While denying the allegation of the petitioners that they purchased the land in Survey No.44/1, it is stated that land and other appurtenant land is a slum known as B.R.Ambedkar Nagar notified under Section 3(1) and 3(2) of the Andhra Pradesh Acquisition of Land Act, 1956, (‘the Act’, for brevity) by virtue of said publication of notification, the land vested in the Government and the sale deeds in favour of the petitioners are null and void. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that Government notified the land in Survey No.44/F under Section 3(1) and 3(2) of the Act and not in respect of land in Survey No.44/1 belonging to the petitioners. He, therefore, submits that action of Mandal Revenue Officer, Secunderabad Mandal in highhandedly demolishing the structures of petitioners is illegal and arbitrary and violative of Article 300A of the Constitution of India. Opposing the petition, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (TA) submits that the mention of Survey No.44/F in the notifications issued under the Act is by a mistake but the particulars of land on the ground portion tallied with particulars of land in Survey No.44/1. Along with counter affidavit, respondents have not annexed copies of notifications. However, it is admitted that in the notifications, mention of Survey No.44/F is a mistake and indeed its correct number is 44/1. If that be so, there ought to be proper addendum published in the Gazette notification. In such circumstances, it is only proper that until and unless due process of law is not followed and petitioners are put on notice, they cannot be dispossessed nor the structures raised can be demolished highhandedly. The respondents are restrained from doing any such thing. The writ petition, for the above reasons, is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) August 26, 2009 Bvv