THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.5095 of 2002 DATED: 12.04.2010 Between: Ramalingam and another .. Petitioners And The District Collector, Khammam, and others. .. Respondents ORDER: Assailing the action of the respondents in taking steps to lay a road on the petitioners’ lands in Sy.No.426, admeasuring Ac.9.20 gts., and Sy.Nos.424, 425 and 426, admeasuring Ac.10.20 gts., situated at Salebangara Village, Konijerla Mandal, Khammam District, without following due process of law, the petitioners filed the present writ petition. This Court admitted the writ petition on 20.03.2002 and passed interim orders in W.P.M.P.No.6402 of 2002, preventing the respondents from laying road on the subject lands, until further orders. However, till date, the respondents have not filed counter, rebutting the averments made by the petitioners in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. Having heard the learned counsel on record and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, as it is the only grievance of the petitioners that the respondents, without following due process of law, have been taking steps to lay the road on their lands, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following direction: “If the lands of the petitioners are required to be acquired for the purpose of laying road, the respondents shall follow due process of law.” The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 12th April, 2010 IBL