THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Writ Petition No.4260 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is a Committee constituted for the purpose of construction of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam at UDA Colony, Chenchupeta, Tenali. It obtained necessary sanction from the Vijayawada Guntur Tenali Mangalagiri Development Authority, for construction of Temple at the identified site. M/s.Machavarapu Srinivasa Rao and three others filed W.P.No.12766 of 2010. According to them, no permission was obtained by the petitioner herein. The writ petition was disposed of by a Division Bench on 13.09.2010, with certain directions. It is stated that an S.L.P. was filed by the petitioners therein before the Hon’ble Supreme Court and that an interim order was passed on 07.01.2011 to the effect that no further construction shall be made. The Commissioner, Tenali Municipality, 1st respondent, issued notice, dated 02.11.2010, requiring the petitioner to remove the construction of the temple with threat of further action under the provisions of the A.P. Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975 (for short ‘the Act’). The same is challenged in this writ petition. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. It is rather unfortunate that the construction of a temple, which is obviously for the benefit of the locality, was thwarted on one pretext, or the other by certain individuals. The Urban Development Authority has accorded sanction under the relevant provisions of the Act. The said Act mandates that whenever sanction is accorded in its provisions, it is not necessary to obtain permission from any local authority, such as Grampanchayat, Municipality, or Municipal Corporation. Still the pursuit of the vested interests did not stop at that and they are after the petitioner. As of now, the matter is pending before the Supreme Court. The Municipality has no right to intervene, once the sanction was accorded by the Urban Development Authority. Further, it is not conferred with the power under the provisions of that Act to take any action. Hence, the writ petition is allowed and the impugned notice is set aside. There shall be no order as costs. _____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J. Dt.01.03.2011. GJ