IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 18582 of 2008 Between: 1 Pandi Jayalakshmi, W/o. Late Krishna Rao, R/o. D.No. 15-10-11(3), Paparaju Thota, Chirala, Prakasam District. 2 Chebrolu Jhansi Rani, W/o. Babu Suvarna Kumar, R/o. D.No. 15-10-11(3), Paparaju Thota, Chirala, Prakasam District. 3 Pandi Prasad Goud, S/o. late Krishna Rao, R/o. D.No. 15-10-11(2), Paparaju Thota, Chirala, Prakasam District. 4 Pandi Bhaskar, S/o. late Krishna Rao, R/o. D.No. 15-10-11(2), Paparaju Thota, Chirala, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Chirala Municipal Council, Rep. by Commissioner, Chirala Municipality, Chirala, Prakasam District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in marking a portion of the buildings belonging to the petitioners bearing Door Nos. 15-10-11(1), 15-10-11(2) and 15-10-11(3) respectively situated in Paparajuthota, Chirala Municipal limits proposing to demolish the same for road widening as illegal, irregular, high handed, arbitrary and unilateral and violative of principles of natural justice and Article 14, 21 and 300 A of the Constitution of India in Consequently there of direct the respondents not to demolish any portion of the said buildings or its compound walls and not to occupy any land and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.V.R.SUBRAHMANYAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR MUNCIPAL ADMN. & URBAN DEV. The Court made the following : O R D E R: The petitioners herein who are four in number ﬁled the writ petition with a prayer to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the second respondent in marking a portion of the building likely to be aﬀected without following due process of law as violative and against the principles of natural justice. P.Jaya Lakshmi has sworn in to the aﬃdavit ﬁled by the petitioners. Particulars of the properties owned by the petitioners have been mentioned in para-2 of the aﬃdavit. It is the case of the petitioners that respondents are contemplating to widen the road by demolishing the structures without following due process of law. When the writ petition came up for admission, the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents received notice. Since no notice has been served on the petitioners with regard to their property being aﬀected in the road widening, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to follow the due process of law, in the event of the structures put up by the petitioners are required to be demolished in road widening. No order as to costs. ________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY J., DT.26.08.2008 tjs ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Chirala Municipal Council, Rep. by Commissioner, Chirala Municipality, Chirala, Prakasam District. 3 2 CCs to the G.P. for Municipal Administration & Urban Development. 4 2CD copies