IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 16440 of 2008 Between: Dantuluri Usha Devi W/o.Venkata Trinatha Raju R/o.D.No.55-14-95/1, A.P.S.E.B. Colony, Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, rep. by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENT 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 any Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the high handed attempt of demolition by the respondent and its officials of the petitioner's shop in an extent of 8 cents of site in S.No.22/1 of Madhurawada, Visakhapatnam on 26.7.2008 at about 11 am and threatening to demolish the shop within 2 or 3 days at any cost for the purpose of road widening without issuing any notice and without following the due process of law U/s. 146 of the HMC Act or under the Land Acquisition Act by paying the market value for the shop and site or by issuing any show cause notice U/s. 452 of HMC Act as illegal, arbitrary, capricious and violative of Article 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently to direct the respondent not to demolish the petitioner's shop and dispossess her from her property except under due process of law or to pass any other order. Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.N.(P).ANJANA DEVI, SATYANARAYANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.(SC FOR VUDA)N.RANGA REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been filed by Dantuluri Usha Devi assailing the action of the respondent in trying to lay the road on the property owned by her without following due process of law. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned standing counsel appearing for Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation received notice. Learned standing counsel, on instructions, reports that the respondent will follow due process of law in the event of the property owned by the petitioner is required for road widening. In that view of the mater, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage directing the respondents to follow due process of law in the event of the property owned by the petitioner is required for road widening. No costs. Writ petition is disposed of. No costs. __________ 30-07-2008 Note: Issue operative portion by wire at party’s costs. (B.O) rkk