IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 25306 of 2009 Between: Surisetty Raju Babu @ Ram Babu, S/o. Late Apparao, R/o. 26-199(7-315), Hanumanthawaka Jn., Vishakapatnam ..... Petitioner AND 1 The Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation, Rep by its Commissioner, Tenneto Bhavan, Near RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Executive Engineer, Water Supply Maintainance, G.V.M.C. Visakhapatnam. .....Respondents Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in constructing a pump house in the space meant for foot path in front of the petitioner's house i.e., to the northern side of petitioner's property bearing House No. 26-199(7-315) covered by S.No. 275 situated at Hanumanthawaka, Chinagadili Village and Mandal, 17th Ward of G.V.M.C. Visakhapatnam affecting ingress and agress to the petitioner to the municipal road used by the petitioner and the other person of the locality as illegal, arbitrary, high handed and in violation of established principles of law and may pass such other order or orders or any other appropriate writ as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI D.V.CHALAPATHI RAO, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Sri N. Ranga Reddy S.C. for GVMC for the respondents, the Court made the following: ORDER: Post on 27-11-2009 in M.L. Learned Standing Counsel shall place before this court, the relevant sketches relating to the proposed pump house. Till then, status quo obtaining as on today shall be maintained. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To `.1. The Commissioner, Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation, Tenneto Bhavan, Near RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Executive Engineer, Water Supply Maintainance, G.V.M.C. Visakhapatnam. ( 1 & 2 by RPAD) 3. One C.C.to Sri D.V. Chalapathi Rao Advocate. (OPUC) 4. One C.C.to Sri N. Ranga Reddy Advocate. (OPUC) 5. one spare copy. HIGH COURT LNR.J DTED 20-11-2009 POST ON 27-11-2009 IN M.L. ORDER W.P.NO. 25306 OF 2009 STATUS QUO Bsr Dt. 24-11-2009 HIGH COURT LNR.J DTED 20-11-2009 POST ON 27-11-2009 IN M.L. ORDER W.P.NO. 25306 OF 2009 STATUS QUO