IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TEN :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 12678 of 2010 Between: 1 D.Pulla Rao S/o. D. Yalanta: Occ: Lakshmi Kirana Merchants in shop No. 8/A Shop Code No. 60008a(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 2 B. Varaprasada Reddy S/o. Venkateswara Reddy, Occ: Business, Hotel “Shiv Shankar” in shop No. 1a(3) Shop Code No. 60001A(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 3 A.V. Appa Rao S/o. A. Thatha, Occ: Business, “Sai Traders” in shop No. 1/B Shop Code No. 60001(B)(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 4 Chaluvadi Venkateswarlu S/o. C.Soba Ramaya: Occ: Srinivasa General Merchant in shop No. 2/A Shop Code No. 60002(A)(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 5 K. Rajeswari W/o. Subrahmanyam, Occ: Lakshmi Prasas Medical Shop, in Shop Code No. 60002 (B) (3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 6 P. Padmavathi W/o. Venkata Ramaya, OccL Lakshmi Durga Tobacco Merchant, in shop No. 3/A Shop Code No. 60003a(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 7 China Chalapathi Rao S/o. V. Sulaiah, Occ: Navee Medical & General Stores, In Shop Code No. 60003 A/1 (3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 8 Puvvada Venkateswarlu S/o. Venkatanarayana, Occ: Venkata Durga Kirana Merchant, In Shop Code No. 60003 (B)(3) PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 9 Potti Venkata Subba Rao S/o.Venkata Nageswara Rao, Occ: Manikanta General Stores, in shop No. 4A Shop Code No. 60004(A)(3) PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 10 B.Brahma Naidu S/o.Hanumaya, Occ: Thirumala Dairy Parlour, In Shop Code No. 60004 (3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 11 Kattamuri Koteswara Rao S/o. K. Saidya, Occ: Tobacco Business in shop No. 5/A Shop Code No. 60005a(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 12 Ch. Krishna Rao S/o. late Ch. Rama Rao, Occ: Coconut & General Merchant, In Shop Code No. 60007a(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 13 K. Konda Reddy S/o.Konda Reddy, Occ: Pan Shop, in shop No. 1/A Shop Code No. 700001(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 14 M. Narayana Rao s/o.M. Veeraya, Occ: Business in shop No. 8/B Shop Code No. 60008b(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 15 Katakam Singaiah S/o.Narasimhaiah, Occ: Venkateshwara Kirana Merchants, In Shop Code No. 60009a(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 16 T.Raghunadha Babu S/o. Punnaya, Occ: Lakshmi Fancy Stores, In Shop Code No. 60009B, PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 17 THV Srinivasa Rao S/o. T.H.V. Prakash Rao, Business in shop Nos. 600010, 600010, A Shop Code No. 600010(3), PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur 18 K. Praveen S/o. K. Prabhakar Rao, Business in Communications & Cool Drinks, in shop No. 600010, 600010, A Shop Code No. 600010(3) PVK Naidu Municipal Complex, Gutnur, R/o. Guntur ..... Petitioners AND The Guntur Municipal Corporation, Rep. by its Commissioner, Guntur ....Respondent Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue any appropriate writ, order or direction preferably a writ in the nature of writ of a Mandamus, declaring the appearance and satisfaction arrived at by the Commissioner as regards the structural viability of the PVK Naidu Municipal Market Complex, situate at G.T. Road, Guntur - 3 resulting in issuance of the impugned notice under Section 456 R/w. 596 of the HMC Act, 1955 in Roc.No. 5288/2009-G4, dt. 1.6.2010 served on 2.6.2010 as illegal, arbitrary contrary to law and in flagrant violation of Section 456 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act and consequently set aside the notice as illegal, arbitrary and in flagrant violation of principles of natural justice; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri D.Hanumanth Rao, Advocate for the Petitioners and Sri V.Ch. Naidu, Advocate for the Respondent, the Court made the following ORDER: “Sri D.Hanumanth Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, would request this Court to record the undertaking of the petitioners that they shall close the premises and not carry on business thereat till 10-06-2010. Learned Counsel would submit that the petitioners apprehend that, even though the building is structurally sound, recourse was being taken to Section 456 for extraneous reasons. Recording the undertaking of the petitioner that they shall not carry on business in the premises in question and shall keep it closed till 10-06-2010, the respondents are directed not to demolish or in any manner interfere with the building in question till then. Post on 09-06-2010 in the Motion List.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation, Guntur (BY RPAD) 2. One CC to Sri D.Hanumanth Rao, Advocate (OPUC) 3. One Spare Copy Ab HIGH COURT AB DRAFTED ON 5-6-2010 RRJ DATE: 4-6-2010 NOTE: POST ON 09-06-2010 IN THE MOTION LIST ORDER WP. NO. 12678 OF 2010 DIRECTION