IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 7397 of 2008 Between: Buddha Lakshmi Kumari W/o.Late Subba Rao R/o.D.No.10-3-37,Mallikarjunapet, Vijayawada-1 Krishna District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, rep.by its Commissioner, Vijayawada, Krishna District 2 Sree Durgamalleswwara Devasthanam, Indrakiladri, rep.by its Executive officer, Vijayawada, Krishna District 3 The Government of AP., Endowment Dept., rep.by its Commissioner, Boggulakunta, Abids , Hyderabad 4 The District Collector, Krishna District at Machilipatnam .....RESPONDENTS 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 a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or direction declaring the action of the respondents in attempting to demolish the Residential House of the petitioner bearing D.No.10-3-37 situated at Mallikarjunapet, Vijayawada-1 in which she is presently residing without assigning any valid reasons and even without issuing notice to the petitioner is highly arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory and contrary to the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act apart from violative of Arts.14,21 and 300(A) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to demolish the petitioner’s House bearing D.No.10-3-37, situated at Mallikarjunapet, Vijayawada-1 without following the due process of law as prescribed under Land Acquisition Act. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI P. VENKATA RAO, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Jansi, S.C. for Municipal Corporation for the respondent No. 1 and of SriV.T.M. Prasad S.C. for Endowments for the respondent No.2 and of the Govt. Pleader for Endowments for the respondent No.3 and of the Govt. Pleader for Revenue for the rspondent No.4, the Court made the following: ORDER: Post on 10-4-2008 in the M.L. to enable the respondents to obtain instructions in the matter. However, no demolition of the existing structures belonging to the writ petitioner shall be undertaken for one week. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Commissioner, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, Vijayawada, Krishna District 2 The Executive Officer, Sree Durgamalleswwara Devasthanam, Indrakiladri, Vijayawada, Krishna District 3 The Commissioner, Government of AP., Endowment Dept., Boggulakunta, Abids , Hyderabad 4 The District Collector, Krishna District at Machilipatnam ( 1 to 4 by RPAD) 5. 2 CCs to the G.P. for Endowments, High court of A.P.Hyd. (O.U.T) 6. 2 CCs to the G.P. for Revenue, High court of A.P.Hyderabad. (O.U.T) 7. One CC.to Sri Jansi, Advocate. (OPUC) 8. One C.C.to Sri P. Venkata Rao, Advocate. (OPUC) 9. one spare copy. HIGH COURT NRR.J DATED 3-4-2008 POST ON 10-4-2008 IN THE M.L. ORDER W.P.NO. 7397 OF 2008 DIRECTION Bsr Dt. 3-4-2008 HIGH COURT NRR.J DATED 3-4-2008 POST ON 10-4-2008 IN THE M.L. ORDER W.P.NO. 7397 OF 2008 DIRECTION