IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15955 of 2008 Between: 1 G.Gouri Vani W/o. Kanakaraju R/o. Flat No. 205, Trishul Raj Vihar Apartments, 80ft Road, Tatichetlapalem, Visakhapatnam. 2 M.V.S.H.R.Prasadarao Chowdary S/o. M.Venkatrao R/o. Flat No. 202, Trishul Raj Vihar Apartments, 80ft Road, Tatichetlapalem, Visakhapatnam. 3 M.Solman Raju S/o. Narasimha Murthy R/o. Flat No. 203, Trishul Raj Vihar Apartments, 80ft Road, Tatichetlapalem, Visakhapatnam. 4 V.Saraswathi W/o. Venkateswarao R/o. Flat No. 403, Trishul Raj Vihar Apartments, 80ft Road, Tatichetlapalem, Visakhapatnam. 5 K.Mohan Rao S/o. Rammurthy R/o. Flat No. 405, Trishul Raj Vihar Apartments, 80ft Road, Tatichetlapalem, Visakhapatnam. 6 M.Prakasa Rao S/o. Jagga Rao R/o. Flat No. 301, Trishul Raj Vihar Apartments, 80ft Road, Tatichetlapalem, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation being rep. by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam. 2 Smt. Ch.Sailaja W/o. Ch.Vijayabhaskar Babu R/o. Flat No. 504, Trishul Majestice Apartmentys, 80ft Road, Santhipuram, Visakhapatnam. .....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 issue any appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction of the 1st respondent in not taking any steps against the illegal construction made by the 2nd respondent in Trishul Raj Vihar Apartments, 80 ft. Road, Tatichetlapalem Visakhapatnam contrary to the muncipal approved plan inspite of bringing to his notice as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, violative of article 14 and 300-A of the constitution of India ad consequently direct the 1st respondent to take action against the illegal construction made by the 2nd respondent in Trishul Raj Vihar Apartment, 80 ft. Road, Tatichetlapalem Visakhapatnam and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.RAVI CHEEMALAPATI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.N.RANGA REDDY The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 15955 OF 2008 ORDER: 1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners who are six in number assailing the inaction of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, 1st Respondent on the representation submitted by them with regard to the conversion of ground floor which is exclusively meant for residential purpose into commercial purpose. 2. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned standing counsel takes notice on behalf of the 1st respondent. 3. Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned standing counsel appearing for the 1st respondent. 4. The grievance of the petitioners is that the 1st respondent is not taking any action on the representation submitted by them complaining the conversion of ground floor which is exclusively meant for residential purpose into commercial one. A legal notice came to be issued to the 1st respondent. A copy of the legal notice has been placed on record. 5. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage, directing the 1st respondent to consider the representation of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders after putting on notice the affected parties including the 2nd respondent as expeditiously as possible preferably within eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. ______________________________ Justice B. Seshasayana Reddy 24th July, 2008. KM THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 15955 OF 2008 24th July, 2008.