IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3738 of 2007 Between: 1 Smt. M. Bharathi Bai, W/o. Late Uday Singh, R/o. H.No.1-1-264,Chikkadapalli, Hyderabad. 2 M. Satyanarayana Singh, S/o.Late Uday Singh, R/o. H.No.1-1-264,Chikkadapalli, Hyderabad. 3 M.Kishan Singh, S/o.Late Uday Singh, R/o. H.No.1-1-264,Chikkadapalli, Hyderabad. 4 M.Bhavani Singh, S/o.Late Uday Singh, R/o. H.No.1-1-264,Chikkadapalli, Hyderabad. 5 M.Balaram Singh, S/o.Anand Singh, R/o. H.No.3-4-663/27, Shivajinagar, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad. 6 M.Rajkumar Singh, S/o. Anand Singh, R/o. H.No.3-4-663/27, Shivajinagar, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Stateof A.P., rep. by its Prl., Secretary, Municipal Administration, Secretariat, Hyd. 2 Hyderabad metro Water Service & Sewerage Board, rep. byits Managing Director, Amberpet, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an appropriate Writ, Order or direction, preferably one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring that the action of the respondents in laying the sewerage pipeline on the lands of the petitioners viz., Sy.Nos. 90, 91, 92 (Part) T.S. No.1/1: Sy.Nos. 90,91 ( Part) T.S.No.1/6 to an extent of 2768 Sq. Feet of the Petitioners-1 to 4 and Sy.Nos. 86, 92 ( Part) T.S.No.2: Sy.no. 83, 84 and 85 to an extent of 2080 Sq. Feet of the Petitioners-5 and 6 totally to an extent of 4848 Sq. Feet situated at Baghlingapally Village, Himayathnagar Mandal, Hyderabad District without acquiring the same or without paying the compensation as highly arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to pay compensation and damages as per the market value after assessing the same to the petitioners forthwith . Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.CHALLARI NAGESWARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners, who are six in number, with a prayer to issue writ, order or direction, more particularly, one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in laying the sewerage pipeline in their lands without acquiring the same or without paying any compensation as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The petitioners claim to be the owners of the lands comprising Survey Nos.83, 84, 85, 90, 91, 92 (part), situated in Baghlingampally village, Himayathnagar Mandal, Hydedrabad District. It is the grievance of the petitioners that the Hyderabad Metro Water Service and Sewerage Board-2nd respondent is laying sewerage pipelines in their lands without acquiring the same and without paying any compensation. 3. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage directing the 2nd respondent-Board to follow the due process of law in the event of the lands possessed by the petitioners are required for laying the sewerage pipelines. No costs. ______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY, J. Date:09th July, 2008. cs ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RS}