IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.1254 of 2005 Between: Elugu Ravi Kumar, S/o.Elugu Chandraiah, Aged 35 years, Business, R/o.3-6-115, Subash Nagar, Karimnagar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1.The Mandal Revenue Officer, Karimnagar and another. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: In this Writ Petition, the petitioner seeks direction by way of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents, in seeking to demolish the structures raised by the petitioner in the assigned land admeasuring 0.01 guntas situated at Ambedkar Nagar in Survey No.53 of Karimnagar, as illegal and arbitrary. At the stage of admission, this Court vide interim order, dated 31-01-2005, directed the second respondent not to take any steps for demolition without following the due process of law. The said order has been in force since then. Though no counter-affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents, even as per the averments made in the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition, structures raised by the petitioner in the aforesaid land are not covered by any permission, as required under the provisions of the A.P.Municipalities Act, 1965 (for short ‘the Act’). In that view of the matter, any constructions made in the aforesaid land without valid permission are illegal. Even for removal of such unauthorized structures, there is a procedure contemplated under Section 228 of the Act. As it is stated by the learned Counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner was not given prior notice, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition with a direction to the respondents that the structures raised by the petitioner in the aforesaid land shall not be demolished as otherwise than by due process of law. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs ___________________ (R.SUBHASH REDDY, J) 19th August, 2009 lur