THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Writ Petition No.18470 of 2011 Dated 27th September, 2011 Between: Lalam Srinivasa Rao and another …Petitioners And The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, rep.by its Commissioner, Visakhapatnam …Respondent Counsel for the petitioners: Sri G.L.Nageswara Rao Counsel for respondent: Sri N.Ranga Reddy The Court made the following: ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition is filed for a mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in seeking to demolish part of flat Nos.601 and 602 of L.B.Towers, Maharanipeta, Visakhapatnam without disposing of the petitioners’ applications for regularisation under Building Penalisation Scheme as illegal and arbitrary. A counter affidavit is filed by the respondent, wherein it is inter alia stated that the petitioners’ building applications were returned as unapproved on 31.12.2010 itself and that in pursuance of an order passed in W.P.No.4744 of 2006, fresh orders were passed on 03.08.2011 and 27.08.2011 once again rejecting the petitioners’ applications for regularisation. In view of the above stand taken by the respondent, the learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to question the said orders by availing appropriate remedy in accordance with law. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous with liberty to the petitioners in terms of the prayer made. As a sequel to disposal of the writ petition, interim order, dated 01.07.2011, shall stand vacated and W.P.M.P.No.22273 of 2011 is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 27th September, 2011 VGB