IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 26523 of 2007 Between: 1 V. Harinath S/o. V. Rama Tirupathaiah R/o. IC-3 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 2 Sk. Ameer Ali S/o.Sk. Salar Ali R/o. IC-6 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 3 M.V.S. Bapi Raju S?o. M. Subba Rao R/o. IC-7 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 4 Y. Francis S/o. Y. Arlappa R/o. IC-12 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 5 Mohd. Iqbal Hussain /o. Shaik Afzal Hussain R/o. IC-13 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 6 U. Srinivas S/o. U. Venkat Rao R/o. IC-18 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 7 A.S. Rukamadhar Rao S/o. A.V.G. Krishna Swamy R/o. IC-23 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 8 V. Sreedhar S/o. V. Ramalingaiah R/o. IC-24 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 9 N. Subhasini W/o. K. Srinivasa Rao R/o. IC-25 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 10 M.W. Baig S./o. Late Jaffar Baig R/o. IC-29 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 11 Ch. Ratna Bala W/o. B. Saradhi R/o. IC-30 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 12 M. Krishna Prasad S/o. M. Venkateswar Rao R/o. IC-35 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 13 T. Varalaxmi W/o. D. Sita Ramaiaha R/o. IC-272 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 14 A. Durga Prasad S/o.A. Gangadhara Rao R/o. IS-9 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 15 V. Madhusudhan S/o. V. Ramulu R/o. IS-10 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 16 Dr. M. Vijaya Leela W/o. Ankama Rao R/o. IS-11 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 17 M. Bhaskara Rao S/o. M. Sivun Naidu R/o. IS-12 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 18 P. Lidngaiah S/o. P. Venkataiah R/o. IS-13 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 19 N. Anand Rao S/o. N. Ramadasu R/o. IS-14 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 20 V.B.G. Sekhar Reddy S/o. V. Gangi Reddy R/o. IS-15 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad 21 Dr. Mallu Venkateshwarlu S/o. M. Akhilanda R/o. IS-16 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad 22 K,. Gopala Krishnaiah S/o. K. Ramzaiah R/o. IJ-33 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad 23 Dr. Anitha Bala W/o. S.N. Rao R/o. IC-1 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 24 A.V. Subba Rao S/o. A.V. Ranga Rao R/o. IC-2 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 25 K. Meena Kumari W/o. J.V.S. Murthy R/o. IC-9 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 26 A.V.B. Kamakshmi W/o. A. Suresh Babu R/o. IC-15 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 27 B. Ramanjaneyulu So/. Koteshwar Rao R/o. IC-21 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 28 K. Maheshwar Goud S/.. K. Bhushaiah R/o. IC-27 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 29 R. Vanitha D/o. R.C.M. Rama Chandra R/o. IC-28 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 30 Smt. Eshwari W/o. R/o. IC-32 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 31 Samarat Ashok Kumar S/o. V. Narayana R/o. IJ-32 Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. 32 Irrummanzil Colony Residents Associa;tion Irrummanzil Colony, Hyderabad, aged 49 yrs, Occ: Govt. Service, R/o. IS-37, Erramanzil Colony, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 State Andhra Pradesh , Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government, General Administration (Accommodation) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Estate Officer, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Near Meera Talkies, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue an appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Manamus declaring the action of the Respondents in issuing Notices bearing No.B1/NIMS/Errummanzil/Expansion/2007 dt. 23- 11-2007 as arbitrary, illegal, and violative of principles of natural justice and consequently direct the respondents to consider providing alternative accommodation to all members of the petitioner Association and also to the existing Government School by Constructing multi-storeyed flats at Erramanzil Colony or other appropriate place before enforcing the impugned notice dt. 23-11-2007 and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.D.V.SITARAMAMURTHY Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P. No. 26523 of 2007 Order: The petitioner Nos.1 to 31, who are members of petitioner No.32- Association are allottees of Government quarters at Erramanzil Colony. While so, respondent No.2-Estate Officer issued individual notices dated 23.11.2007 to petitioner Nos.1 to 31 directing them to vacate the quarters in which they are living and handover the vacant possession thereof by 15.12.2007. Assailing the said individual notices the petitioners filed the present writ petition to declare the same as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to consider providing alternative accommodation to petitioner Nos.1 to 31, who are members of petitioner No.32-Association. This Court, on 13.12.2007, while ordering notice before admission, granted interim stay of eviction for a period of two weeks, which was further extended by a period of four weeks on 31.12.2007. Respondent No.1-Government filed counter stating that the land on which the quarters allotted to the petitioners are situated is required for expansion of NIMS and therefore the present notices have been issued to the petitioners directing them to vacate the quarters and handover the vacant possession thereof, and since expansion is for a public purpose, no exception can be taken to the action of respondent No.2 in issuing impugned notices. However, the learned Government Pleader for General Administration Department, on instructions, submitted that out of 31 petitioners, the request of 11 petitioners for providing alternative accommodation was considered and since the rest of the petitioners did not make any request for alternative accommodation, and if they make any such request, the same will be considered. In view of the above stand taken by the learned Government Pleader for General Administration Department, it is appropriate that the petitioners make appropriate representation to the respondents requesting them to provide alternative accommodation, and if any such request is made, respondent No.1-Government shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders thereon in accordance with law, expeditiously. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ____________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 02.05.2008 KSR