THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.32856 of 2011 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to grant fresh lease to the petitioner for running the STD booth at State Central Library, Afzulganj, Hyderabad. The petitioner, a physically handicapped person, is running the STD booth at State Central Library, Afzulganj, Hyderabad. The petitioner’s grievance is that, despite the orders of this Court, in W.A.No.651 of 2009 dated 21.10.2009, directing the respondents to consider his representation for grant of fresh lease, the respondents without passing any order on the said representation had issued the impugned notice dated 09.12.2011 granting three days time for eviction. S r i V.V.Narasimha Rao, learned Counsel for the petitioner, contended that the petitioner being a handicapped person is eking out his livelihood by running the STD booth and, therefore, he may be granted fresh lease to run the STD booth. Learned Government Pleader for Roads and Buildings contended that since the lease granted to the petitioner expired in the year 1997 itself, he has no right to continue on the subject land given on lease and, as such, there are no grounds to interfere with the impugned notice. By the impugned notice, the second respondent while directing the petitioner to remove the STD booth by 12.12.2011, in default, action would be initiated for eviction of the STD booth, observed that the petitioner was causing inconvenience to the readers who have been visiting the library and was also selling items like cigarettes, gutkas, soaps, stationery items and cool drinks etc, and the presence of STD booth has been causing obstruction for development of the State Central Library, Hyderabad. Admittedly, the lease granted to the petitioner in respect of the subject land for running the STD booth expired long back i.e. in the year 1997 itself and the petitioner has no right to continue in possession. However, the petitioner has been using the STD booth for the purposes other than for which it was leased out. In view of the fact that the petitioner has been continuing in lease since long time, it would be appropriate that a reasonable time can be granted to him to make alternative arrangements. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed giving liberty to the petitioner to vacate the subject land by 31.12.2011, failing which, the respondents shall remove the STD booth on or after 01.01.2012. No order as to costs. K.C.BHANU, J Dt:14.12.2011 usd