THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 27668 of 2010 O R D E R: Though the writ petitioners have raised several contentions in the Writ Petition, there is no necessity to advert to all those contentions, for, Sri N. Ranga Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation submits that the respondent Municipal Corporation will follow the procedure, particularly enshrined in Section 147 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, provisions of which Act are applicable to Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, before it embarks upon undertaking the road widening work. It is needless to observe that property belonging to a private citizen cannot be utilized for any purpose including laying of road or road widening without acquiring the same or without obtaining free consent of such a citizen. With this, the Writ Petition stands disposed of at the admission stage. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 9th November 2010 ksld