THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.13731 of 2009 Date:11.08.2009 Between: P. Pallayya Lingam and another. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Tanuku Municipality, Tanuku. .....RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.13731 of 2009 ORDER: The main grievance of the petitioners is that the respondent-Municipality, without issuing any notice and without initiating any proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (‘the Act’ for brevity), is marking certain portion of the petitioners’ property bearing door Nos.19-9-8 and 19-9-8/1 situated at Rastrapathi Road, Tanuku Town, West Godavari District, in order to demolish the said portion for the purpose of widening the road. Heard the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the material placed on record. The learned standing counsel for Tanku Municipality has submitted that the respondent-Municipality has not issued any notice to the petitioners so far with regard to the proposal of demolition of certain portion of the petitioners’ property and in case the respondent-Municipality requires any portion of the lands or houses of the petitioners for the purpose of widening the road, they shall certainly issue notices to the petitioners and initiate proceedings under the Act before acquiring the same for widening the road. In view of the submission made by the learned standing counsel for Tanuku Municipality, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: “The respondent-Tanuku Municipality is directed to issue notices to the petitioners and follow due process under law before they acquire certain portion of their lands or shops for the purpose of widening the road.” Accordingly, this Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. ________________ (N.V.RAMANA, J) 11th August, 2009 GHN