THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.10796 OF 2010 ORDER: Heard Sri K. Subrahmanyam, Learned Counsel for the petitioner and Sri N. Ranga Reddy, Learned Standing Counsel for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. At their request the Writ Petition is being disposed of at the stage of admission. Petitioners claim to be the owners of the building in question which, according to them, is now sought to be demolished by the respondent for the purpose of road widening as part of implementation of the BRTS (Bus Rapid Transport System) Project. They apprehend that the respondents would demolish their property for the purpose of widening the road. Sri N. Ranga Reddy, Learned Standing Counsel for the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, would submit that the petitioners have not furnished details, in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, regarding their ownership of the buildings in question. He would further submit that, in case the petitioners are the owners, the respondents would adhere to the provisions of Sections 146 and 147 of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act as extended to the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Act before dispossessing the petitioners and demolishing their structures. In view of the submission made by the Learned Standing Counsel, I consider it appropriate to direct the respondent corporation not to dispossess the petitioner from the lands in question or to demolish the structures, if they are the owners thereof, except in accordance with Sections 146 and 147 of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act as extended to the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. Date: 30.04.2010 ___________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J MRKR