HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.26932 of 2011 Date:27.09.2011 Between: Matta Suryanarayana ..... Petitioner AND The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, Reptd by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam And three others. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri Ch.Pushyam Kiran Counsel for Respondent No.1: Sri R.Radhakrishna Reddy, For Sri N.Ranga Reddy, Standing Counsel for the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Counsel for Respondent Nos.2 to 4: AGP for Revenue The Court made the following: ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in attempting to forcibly evict the petitioner from the premises bearing No.19-173 in Survey No.26 of Rama krishnapuram Village, Chinnagadili Mandal, Visakhapatnam, without following due process of law, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner claims to be an ex-service man and granted a D-form patta for 300 square yards of land in Survey No.26 of Ramakrishnapuram Village, Visakhapatnam District. He pleaded that he has raised a thatched structure over the said land and has been residing therein since a long time. The grievance of the petitioner is that for the purpose of laying a 200 feet wide road pertaining to Simhachalam Terminal Corridor, his land is sought to be utilised without initiating appropriate proceedings under law for resuming/acquiring the land on paying compensation to him. Sri R.Radhakrishna Reddy, learned counsel representing Sri N.Ranga Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, representing respondent No.1, submitted that if and when the land which is allegedly assigned to the petitioner is required for laying a road, respondent No.1 will follow due process of law. Having regard to the above submission of the learned counsel, the Writ Petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition, W.P.M.P.No.33263 2011 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. __________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 27th September, 2011 DR