THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.2831 of 2010 Date: 01.04.2011 Between: V.S. Prabhavathi … Petitioner and The Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Lower Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad and others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.2831 of 2010 ORDER : Heard Sri Vivek Reddy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner as well as the learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3-Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Sri E. Venkata Reddy, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.4, and with their consent, the writ petition is being disposed of at the admission stage. 2. This writ petition has been filed to declare the action of respondent Nos.1 to 3 in not taking any steps with regard to the alleged illegal construction made by respondent No.4 in the premises bearing House No.7-72, Nagendranagar Colony, Habsiguda, Ranga Reddy District, as arbitrary and illegal. 3. The petitioner claims to be the owner of the house bearing No.7-73, Nagendranagar Colony, Habsiguda, Ranga Reddy District. The petitioner states that respondent No.4, who is the owner of the adjacent house bearing No.7-72, has undertaken construction of a 4-storied building. The grievance of the petitioner is that respondent No.4 has also constructed a servant quarter on the compound wall of the petitioner without permission and without any manner of right. Inspite of submitting representations dated 23.8.2008, 2.7.2009 and 27.8.2009, respondent Nos.1 to 3 failed to take any action on the said representations. Therefore, the petitioner has approached this Court for the aforesaid relief. 4. Respondent No.4 has filed a counter affidavit denying the allegation that he made construction illegally. He also denied the allegation that he constructed the servant quarter on the compound wall of the petitioner. 5. The official respondent Nos.1 to 3 have not filed any counter. 6. Needless to say that if any construction is made without obtaining permission, respondents Nos.1 to 3 are under obligation to take appropriate action. In the instant case, there is a dispute as regards the construction of servant quarter on the compound wall of the petitioner by respondent No.4. In view of the complaint made by the petitioner in that regard, respondent Nos.1 to 3 ought to have verified the said fact and taken appropriate action if the construction is found to be illegal. 7. In the circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to direct respondent Nos.1 to 3 to consider the representations dated 23.8.2008, 2.7.2009 and 27.8.2009 filed by the petitioner and take appropriate action after ascertaining the facts. The respondents shall complete the said exercise as early as possible, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 8. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI 01.04.2011. Msr THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOUSHAD ALI WRIT PETITION No.2831 of 2010 01.04.2011 (Msr)