HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.7106 of 2007 ORDER: Petitioner states that he purchased plot No.67, admeasuring 722 square yards in Survey No.7 of Saroornagar Revenue Village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, through sale deed, dated 06-02-1989. According to him, the plot was part of the layout sanctioned by the then Gram Panchayat, Saroornagar in the year 1963. The petitioner states that his vendors colluded with the then L.B.Nagar Municipality, the respondent herein, and the authorities of the Municipality, in turn, are trying to dispossess him unauthorisedly by altering the layout. No counter affidavit is filed by the respondent. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent. The petitioner had furnished the particulars as to the manner in which he has acquired the title to the plot. It is also stated that he has been paying taxes for the plot for the past several years. In case the respondent has any grievance as to the ownership or possession of the petitioner over the plot, it has to issue notices and proceed in accordance with law. There cannot be any justification to interfere with the possession of the petitioner over the plot without taking recourse to law. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing that the respondent or its successor, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, shall not interfere with the possession and enjoyment of the petitioner over plot No.67, admeasuring 722 square yards in survey No.7 of Saroornagar Revenue Village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, except by following the procedure prescribed by law. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________________ JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY 24th February, 2011 VJL/KDL