IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22632 of 2008 Between: 1 Jammi Siva Kumar S/o. Adinarayana R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 2 Shaik Gulabi W/o. Rehman R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 3 Konda Ramu S/o. Gaddaiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 4 Uttaravalli Vijaya W/o. Late Seetharam R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 5 Kommadi Ravanamma W/o. Suryanarayana R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 6 Konna Rama Rao S/o. Late Simhadri R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 7 Gali Kalavathi W/o. Srinu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 8 Konna Ramaswamy S/o. Late Suraiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 9 Konna Yellaiah S/o. Late Suraiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 10 Jami Lakshmi W/o. Raju R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 11 Unukuru Adi Lakshmi W/o. Appa Rao R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 12 Unukuru Anuradha W/o. Lakshmana Rao R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 13 Vanapalli Gurumurthy S/o. Late Ramulu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 14 Vanapalli Seetharam S/o. Late Ramulu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 15 Kokkiri Lakshmana Rao S/o. Appalaraju R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 16 Baddukundu Devudu S/o. Appalanaidu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 17 Kalluri Kannamma W/o. Late Ramulu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 18 Nalla Sanyasamma W/o. Ramu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 19 Muddada Appanna S/o. Late Sanyasi R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 20 Korada Ramulamma W/o. Late Surappadu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 21 Bandapu Ramu S/o. Suribabu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 22 Gollagana Narasimhulu S/o. Narayana R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 23 Gollagana Suri S/o. Narayana R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 24 Muddada Narayanamma W/o. Ramulappadu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 25 Muddada Ramulu S/o. Ramulappadu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 26 Nakka Kanaka Raju S/o. Sanyasi R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 27 Padagala Guruvulu S/o. Suri R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 28 Mutcha Appa Rao S/o. Appanna R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 29 Peddi Appanna S/o. Rama Rao R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 30 Ganireddy Nukalamma W/o. Late Appalanaidu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 31 Vajragotti Gangaraju S/o. Appa Rao R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 32 Patchipala Parvathi W/o. Late Eeswara Rao R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 33 Padala Thavudu S/o. Appalaswamy R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 34 Chanaga Appala Naidu S/o. Padmanabham R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 35 Talari Pothaiah S/o. Venkaiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 36 Talari Yerraiah S/o. Appala Swamy R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 37 Rambariki Adanna S/o. Krishna R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 38 Rambark Appalanaidu S/o. Krishna R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 39 Kondapu Appa Rao S/o. Pydaiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 40 Thamarapu Ramulu S/o. Pydithalli R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 41 Madaka Kannaiah S/o. Pydaiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 42 Thanari Satya W/o. Suribabu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 43 Uppala Ramulamma W/o. Lakshmana Rao R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 44 Muddada Suramma W/o. Late Atchanna R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 45 Nakka Appalakonda W/o. Suryanarayana R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 46 Nakka Suramma W/o. Late Kanakayya R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 47 Muddada Polipalli S/o. Ramulu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 48 Muddada Suribabu S/o. Appanna R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 49 Muddada Konda W/o. Guraiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 50 Korada Appa Rao S/o. Suri R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 51 Kallur Simhachalam S/o. Late Ramulu R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 52 Kothinniti Simhachalam W/o. Mahesh R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 53 Kaki Appalaswamy S/o. Late Chinnaiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 54 Vanapalli Ravanamma W/o. Late Satyam R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 55 Kokkiri Thavudamma W/o. Late Appalaswamy R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 56 Siddanathi Satyam S/o. Veernna R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 57 Miriyala Suridamma W/o. Mahalakshmi R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 58 Jami Appalakonda S/o. Lakshmaiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 59 Utharavalli Nirmala W/o. Suryam R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 60 Utharavalli Seetha W/o. Shivaji R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 61 Utharavalli Parisamma W/o. Lakshmana Rao R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 62 Utharavalli Lakshmana Rao S/o. Late Asiraiah R/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. 63 Buraka Lakshmi W/o. MandaliR/o. Narasimhanagar, Saligramapuram Post, Visakhapatnam City - 530 024. ..... PETITIONERS AND Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation rep. by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in inssting the petitioners to vacate from their houses and sites situated in Narasimhanagar, Ward 34 of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Limits as illegal, irregular, arbitrary, without jurisdiction, violative of principles of natural justice, provisions of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 and oﬀends Articles 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondent not to dispossess the petitioners from their respective houses and sites and to pass Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.NIMMAGADDA SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondents: MR.N.RANGA REDDY (SC FOR MPL. CORP. VSP) The Court made the following Order: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.22632 of 2008 ORDER: This writ petition has been ﬁled by the petitioners, who are sixty-three in number, assailing the action of the respondent corporation in insisting them to vacate the premises in their occupation situated at Narasimha Nagar, Ward No.34 of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. The petitioners occupied various extents of land ranging from 15 to 20 sq. yards. They put up temporary thatched and asbestos sheet roofed structures thereon. The respondent corporation assessed the constructions to tax and allotted door numbers. Since the constructions made by the petitioners are causing obstruction to the way to the residents of the locality, the residents approached the respondent corporation to remove the unauthorized constructions made by the petitioners. There being no action on the part of the respondent corporation, one of the residents of the locality approached this Court by ﬁling W.P.Nos.24504 of 2006 and 5319 of 2008. The said writ petitions came to be disposed of directing the respondent corporation to remove the unauthorized constructions. The relevant portion of the order passed in W.P.No.5319 of 2008 dated 16.07.2008 reads as under. 1. This writ petition has been ﬁled by Ravavarapu Sivarama Krishnaiah with a prayer to issue order, direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not removing the illegal encroachments in front of his private land in spite of submitting the representations, dated 15-12- 2006 as illegal and arbitrary. 2. Petitioner is the owner of plot NO. 86 of the approved lay out 61/64 admeasuring 250 square yards, situated at Narsimha Nagar, Allipuram, Block No.1, Dwarakanagar, Visakhapatnam. Certain unauthorized constructions were made on the open place obstructing the way to the petitioner’s plot. He submitted a representation to the respondents for removal of the unauthorized constructions. There being no action on the representations, the petitioner chooses to approach this Court with the prayer stated supra. 3. 1st respondent ﬁled counter aﬃdavit, it is stated in the counter aﬃdavit that in the absence of speciﬁc direction from this Court, the 1st respondent is not in a position to remove the encroachments since they are existing for the last 20 to 25 years by raising the thatched huts for residential purpose. 4. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents. 5. Indisputably there are unauthorized constructions on the road margins, as per the counter aﬃdavit of the respondents. 6. Such is the situation, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition directing the respondents to remove the unauthorized constructions after putting on notice the aﬀected parties in accordance with the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act and the Rules framed therein within eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. The respondent corporation initiated steps to remove the unauthorized constructions made by the petitioners. Hence, the petitioners are before this Court invoking jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri N. Ranga Reddy, learned standing counsel for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, received notice on behalf of the respondent corporation. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent corporation. Indisputably the petitioners are encroachers of road margin portions. They seem to have made some constructions, which came to be assessed to tax and the respondent corporation also assigned door numbers. The respondent corporation initiated proceedings on the directions given by this Court in the above referred two writ petitions. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners need some breathing time so as to shift their residence to some other sites which have been granted to them by the Government. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant three months time to the petitioners to vacate the road margin portions. Accordingly the writ petition is disposed of allowing three months time to the petitioners to vacate the road margin portions. No order as to costs. __________________________ (B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J) 18th October, 2008 Note: Issue CC in three days. (B/o) GHN To 1 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation rep. by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam. 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSN}