THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21909 of 2011 Date:03.08.2011 Between: Ashok Kumar Jain ..... Petitioner AND Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, retpd by its Commissioner, Hyderabad and two others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri V.M.M.Chary Counsel for Respondents : Sri C.Damodar Reddy, Standing Counsel for GHMC The Court made the following: ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in interfering with the petitioner’s possession of godowns/mulgies admeasuring 2,794.75 square feet in Cellar portion of M/s S.L.N.Commercial Compex bearing H.No.5-3-672/2 of Thopkhana, Opposite to Osman Gunj, Hyderabad, as illegal and arbitrary. After arguing the case for sometime, Sri V.M.M.Chary, learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions from his client, who also happens to be present in the Court, submitted that his client may be permitted to use the existing godowns/mulgies for a reasonable period so that he will make alternative arrangement for shifting the stock lying in the godowns/mulgies. Sri C.Damodar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.1-Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, fairly conceded that the petitioner may be granted one month’s time for this purpose. Having regard to the above submissions of the learned counsel and in view of the request made by the petitioner for granting reasonable time, the petitioner is permitted to use the existing godowns/mulgies for a period of one month from today subject to the following terms: (1) the petitioner shall file his personal affidavit before respondent No.3 before 4 pm today undertaking to hand over vacant possession of the godowns/mulgies for being dismantled; (2) in the event, such an affidavit is filed, the respondents shall not dismantle the godowns/mulgies for a period of one month from today. Conversely, if such an affidavit is not filed, the respondents shall be free to dismantle the godowns/mulgies after 4 pm today; and (3) in the event of the petitioner filing the affidavit as stipulated above, the respondents shall be free to dismantle the godowns/mulgies on the expiry of 30 days from today. Subject to the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, W.P.M.P.No.26684 of 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 03rd August, 2011 DR