HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23444 of 2004 Date : 26.08.2009 Between : Koppala Ramesh. …..Petitioner And The Bheemunipatnam Municipality, rep. by its Commissioner & 3 others. …..Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.23444 of 2004 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioner has questioned the notice issued under Section 192 of the A.P. Municipalities Act, 1965, by which, he was asked to remove the encroachment over the site covered by Survey No.38/1 of Chittivalasa village in the notified area of Bheemunipatnam Municipality. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that the State Government has issued orders in G.O.Ms.No.515, dated 19.04.2003, notifying the guidelines for regularisation of encroachments to certain extents of land. It is submitted that the petitioner has filed an application on 06.02.2004, seeking regularisation of such portion of land in terms of G.O.Ms.No.515, dated 19.04.2003. It is his grievance that though such representation is pending, without considering the same, the impugned notice is issued for removal of encroachment. 3. At the time of admission of this writ petition, this Court, by an order dated 31.12.2004, granted interim directions to maintain status quo with regard to possession of the land and said orders have been in force since then. Though the writ petition is of the year 2004, no counter affidavit is filed either by the Municipality or the Mandal Revenue Officer concerned. 4. Whether the petitioner is entitled for regularisation or not, is a matter, which is required to be considered by the competent authority. As much as it is stated that the petitioner has already filed a representation dated 06.02.2004, and no orders are passed on such representation, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, directing respondent No.1 not to take any further steps for removal of the encroachment in question, till the representation of the petitioner for regularisation is disposed of in terms of G.O.Ms.No.515, dated 19.04.2003. However, it is open to respondent No.1 to verify whether any orders are passed on the representation filed by the petitioner or not, and, if orders are already passed, it is open for the respondents to take steps in accordance with law. 5. Subject to above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 26th August 2009 ajr