THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No. 28155 of 2011 ORDER: This Writ Petition has been ﬁled seeking a mandamus declaring the action of Respondents 1 and 2 in demolishing the house of the petitioner bearing No. 10-1-12/9/A, admeasuring 215 square yards situated at A.C. Guards, Masab Tank Road, Hyderabad without issuing any notice or opportunity as illegal and arbitrary. The case of the petitioner is that he purchased the above said property through an agreement of sale dated 12.01.1992 from Sri Mohammad Jameel and since then, he has been in possession and enjoyment of the same. The petitioner and another ﬁled O.S.No. 1 of 1992 on the ﬁle of the VI Junior Civil Judge, City Civil Courts at Hyderabad against the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad and the said suit was decreed in his favour restraining the said Corporation from interfering with his property, vide judgment, dated 10.11.1993. Thereafter, with the permission of the 1st respondent, he renovated the said property. While so, on 13.10.2011, the oﬃcial respondents came to his house and partly demolished the house property without issuing any notice and further threatened that they would demolish the entire structures. Hence, the Writ Petition. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for Respondents 1 and 2. Admittedly, the petitioner has obtained a decree and judgment restraining the respondent Corporation from evicting him forcibly from the above said property, without following due process of law. It is the grievance of the petitioner that without issuing any notice, the oﬃcial respondents partly demolished the building and threatened to demolish the entire structure. Therefore, it is made clear that the petitioner shall not be evicted from the property in question, except in accordance with law. However, the respondents are at liberty to demolish the structures if they are made in contravention of the approved building plan, after giving notice to the petitioner. With this observation, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. -------------------- - (K.C. BHANU, J) 30th November 2011 ksld