IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 22606 of 2008 Between: 1 Kandragula Uday Kumar S/o. Late Somi Naidu R/o. Gavara Veedhi, Vizianagaram. 2 Kanakam Lakshmi S/o. Late Satyanarayana R/o. Basina Veedhi, Vizianagaram. 3 Kanakam Prasada Rao S/o. Late Ramana R/o. Basina Veedhi, Vizianagaram. 4 Dasari Subba Rao S/o. Late Srinivasa Rao R/o. Dakkini Veedhi, Vizianagaram. 5 Ganduboyina Venkata Ramana S/o. Late Krishna R/o. Korada Veedhi, Vizianagaram. 6 Bobbili Chinnodu S/o. Ammathalli R/o. Bhimali Village, L.Kota Mandal, Vizianagaram Dist. 7 Mangalagiri Suryanarayana S/o. Late Gopala Krishna R/o. Shaji Sharif Street, Vizianagaram. 8 Borra Venkata Appala Raju S/o. Late Swamy R/o. Kotha Agraharam, Vizianagaram. 9 Kuncham Venkata Kanakaa Rao S/o. Late Ramulu R/o. Sali Veedhi, Gajularega, Vizianagaram. 10 Paluri Ratna Kumar S/o. Late Venkata Buchi Raju R/o. Ananda Enclave, AG. Road, Vizianagaram. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Vizianagaram Municipality Rep. by its Commissioner Vizianagaram. 2 The Executive Engineer (R & B) Vizianagaram. .....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 a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the action of the respondents herein in proposing to demolish the shop rooms of the petitioners as shown in the Annexure situated at M.G. Road, Vizianagaram without initiating the proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act or following the procedure Under Section 174 of the A.P. Municipalities Act as illegal arbitrary and violative of Article 300-A of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.JAGANNATHA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.S.NAGESWARA REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION No : 22606 of 2008 O R D E R: The petitioners, who are 10 in number, assail the action of the respondents in trying to demolish the shop rooms in their occupation for road widening without following the due process of law. The petitioners claim to be the tenants of the shops in their occupation. The respondents, according to the petitioners, are trying to demolish the shops for road widening without following the due process of law. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri S.Nageswara Reddy, learned standing counsel of the Vizianagaram Municipality received notice on behalf of the ﬁrst respondent. Learned standing counsel, on instructions, reports that the ﬁrst respondent will follow due process of law in the event of the shops in the occupation of the petitioners are required to be demolished for road widening. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to follow the due process of law in the event of the shops in occupation of the petitioners are required to be demolished for road widening. No costs. _________________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY,J Date: 16-10-2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire a at party’s cost. KLP