THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA WRIT PETITION No.15594 of 2009 ORDER: This Court issued rule nisi on 07.08.2009 and granted an order of status-quo for a limited period, which is being extended from time to time. Counter-affidavit of respondent No.4 had been filed. The writ petition is filed seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents not to lay any road in the lands of the petitioner situated in S.Nos.368/IBI A2 BB and 368/3A2B in Rangapuram Village, Reddigudem Mandal, Krishna District, by declaring the action of laying road through the petitioner’s land as motivated and arbitrary and pass appropriate orders. In the counter-affidavit filed by respondent No.4 specific stand had been taken that they had no intention of laying road in the land of the petitioner. The work of laying road is sanctioned for an amount of Rs.5,00,000/- by the third respondent-Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Krishna District, Machilipatnam. Thereafter, the work order was issued in favour of respondent No.6 and the said work started in the month of July, 2009. It is also stated that on receipt of notice from this Court, they had informed the Tahsildar vide Rc.No.232/2009, dated 31.08.2009, seeking for information whether the petitioner’s land is involved in the road or not. As per the letter, the Tahsildar, Reddigudem reported on 31.08.2009 vide Rc.No.232/09, stating that “Kalidhari Donka” is in existence in the aforesaid land since a long time and it is now essential to complete the new gravel road on the objected area. It is also stated that laying of the road is completed except the disputed land of the petitioner. Further, a specific stand had been taken that no part of the land of the petitioner is being touched at all and in fact, the formation of road had already been completed. The specific stand taken in this regard is recorded and in the light of the light of the specific stand, no further orders need be passed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA Dated:15th December 2009 dr