THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8091 of 2008 Date:09.11.2009 Between: Shaik Ahmed. ..Petitioner and The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and another.. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8091 of 2008 ORDER: The second respondent had shops abutting Himayathnagar main road. Behind the shops, the house of the petitioner is located. It appears that the Municipal Corporation has undertaken the work of widening the road. Substantial portion of the shops owned by the second respondent were affected in that. The petitioner states that though hardly two feet of the shops was left over, the second respondent had re-erected the shutters and thereby prevented access for him directly to the road. The petitioner seeks a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the first respondent in not demolishing the structures raised by the second respondent in the left over property. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned standing counsel for the first respondent and the learned counsel for the second respondent. On the face of it, the writ petition is frivolous. The house of the petitioner does not abut the main road. The second respondent lost a substantial portion of the shops. Across the bar, it is stated that he left the affected property without claiming compensation. A strip of six feet is said to be remaining unaffected. Obviously, the second respondent has fixed shutters to the left over portion. The petitioner cannot have any plausible objection. He may be too happy in case the entire property of the second respondent is taken away, in which event the house of the petitioner would face the road. However, the petitioner cannot have such a luxury at the cost of suffering of the second respondent. Therefore, the Writ Petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J 09th November, 2009 GHN