THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.8946 of 2003 DATED: 12.04.2010 Between: Geesala Chandra Rao .. Petitioner And The Gram Panchayat, Kapavaram, Ramachandrapuram Mandal, E.G. District, Rep. by its Panchayat Secretary and another. .. Respondents ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents and their subordinates in trying to demolish the thatched house of the petitioner, bearing No.1-127 (Old No.1-15), situated at Kapavaram Village, Ramachandrapuram Mandal of East Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary. Even according to the petitioner, the subject house is situated in poramboke land, but however, it is his case that he has been living in the said house and carrying on petty business there since a decade, by paying necessary taxes to the Government. It is his grievance that the respondents are trying to demolish the said thatched house, without following due process of law. This Court admitted the writ petition on 06.05.2003 and granted interim stay of demolition of the subject house, except otherwise, in accordance with due process of law. However, till date, the respondents have not filed counter-affidavit. Having heard the learned counsel on either side and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, as it is the only grievance of the petitioner that the respondents, without following due process of law, have been taking steps to demolish his house, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following directions: “If the subject house of the petitioner is required to be demolished, the respondents shall follow due process of law.” The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA 12th April, 2010 IBL