THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION No. 22396 of 2007 DATED: 20-11-2007 Between: Md.Yousuf …Petitioner and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, rep. by its Special Officer, Hyderabad and others …Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No. 22396 of 2007 Oral order: The writ petition is filed alleging that the respondents are acquiring the land of the petitioner highhandedly, in respect of the house property bearing premises No. 12-8-460, Mettuguda, Tarnaka Road, Secunderabad without following the procedure as laid down under Chapter V of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act. The petitioner seeks appropriate relief on the basis of this assertion. Smt Kalpana Ekbote, the learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents submits that neither the respondents have proceeded to the premises in question and attempted to dispossess the petitioner nor demolish the structures therein, nor will do so without following the due process of law, for such acquisition under Section 146 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 or by initiating process for acquisition of the property under the provisions of the Land acquisition Act, 1894. The petitioner is satisfied in view of this averment on behalf of the respondents. In the circumstances, recording the submission made on behalf of the respondents by the learned standing counsel for the Corporation, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J 20-11-2007 GRR