IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 14586 of 2008 Between: Mir Inayath All Baqri S/o Ifthekar Ali Baqri H.No.17-3-433/48, Yakuthpura,Hyderabad ..... Petitioner AND 1. The Government of A.P Rep. by its Principal Secretary to the Minority Welfare Department Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad 2. The A.P State of Wakf Board Rep. by its Chief Executive Officer Nampally, Hyderabad 3. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation rep. by its Assistant Commissioner Circle-1, Sardar Mahal, Charminar, Hyderabad .....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 an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ order or declaring the action of the respondents No. 2 & 3 and their Staff informing the petitioner to dispossess him and his family members from their land admeasuring about 300 Square yards situated at Ganganagar Nala Yakuthpura Hyderabad adjacent to the residential house Municipal bearing No.17-3- 433/48 without following the procedure either under Section 54 of the Wakf Act or either imitating the Land Acquisition proceedings and without paying any compensation to the petitioner as arbitrary illegal null and void and violative of Articles 14,19,21, and 300-A of constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents not to dispossess the petitioner from their land admeasuring about 300 square yards situated at Gandhinagar Nala Yakuthpura Hyderabad adjacent to the residential house Municipal bearing No. 17-3-433/48 belong to the petitioner. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri K. Venumadhav, Advocate for the Petitioner and the Govt. Pleader Minorities for the Respondent No. 1, and Sri Abdul Najeeb Khan, S.C. for A.P. Wakf Board, for the Respondent No.2, and of Smt. Kalapan Ekbote, S.C. for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on behalf of the Respondent No. 3, the Court made the following ORDER “Learned Standing Counsel for Wakf Board seeks time for filing Counter. There shall be status quo existing as on today with regard to possession for a period of two weeks. Post after a week.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR (Contd. 2. ) . 2 . To 1. The Principal Secretary to the Minority Welfare Department, Govt. of A.P., Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad 2. The Chief Executive Officer, A.P State of Wakf Board, Nampally, Hyderabad 3. The Assistant Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Circle-1, Sardar Mahal, Charminar, Hyderabad . 4. Two CCs to the Govt. Pleader Minorities, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 5. One CC to Sri K. Venumadhav, Advocate (OPUC) 6. One CC to Smt. Kalpana Exbote, S.C. for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OPUC) 7. One CC to Sri Abdul Najeeb Khan, S.C. for A.P. Wakf Board, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OPUC) 8. One spare copy. BV