THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 1037 OF 2011 ORDER The petitioner claims to be the owner of 150 square yards of land with a house thereon with No. 9-1-239, CBM Compound area, Visakhapatnam. Her grievance is that the Municipal Corporation of Visakhapatnam is taking steps to demolish the house with a view to widen the existing 100 feet road adjacent to her premises to 100/120 feet road. She contends that neither any proceedings were initiated nor any compensation was paid. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for the respondents. The Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act (for short ‘the Act’), which is made applicable to the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, contains several provisions, which approve the Corporation to acquire the land, if it is needed for widening the roads or for other public purposes. Sections 146 and 147 of the Act are such provisions. In addition to that, the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act can also be removed, if the contingency arises. There cannot be any justification for the respondents in attempting to demolish the house of the petitioner without initiating the proceedings. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing that the respondents shall not demolish or otherwise interfere with the property owned by the petitioner except by initiating the proceedings in accordance with the relevant provisions of law. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________________ JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Dated: 25.01.2010 tsk