IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15810 of 2008 Between: L.Jaya Reddy S/o. Late Raghava Reddy R/o.H.No. 2-95/9/4, Mastan Nagar, Road No. 45, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Serilingampally Circle, Hyderabad. Rep. by its Deputy Commissioner. 2 The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad. Rep. by its Commissioner. 3 The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Serilingampally Circle, Hyderabad. Rep. by its Town Planning Officer, .....RESPONDENTS 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 a writ, order or direction, more particularly a writ in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent i.e.Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Serilingampally Circle, Rep. by the Deputy Commissioner, Threatening to remove the compound wall within three days, failing which demolition of the compound wall will be undertaken in the land admeasuring an extent of Acs. 0-24 guntas in Sy.No. 16 and an extent of Acs. 0-14 guntas in Sy.No.17 situated in Gachibowli Village, Serilingampally Mandal, as bad, illegal, arbitrary, oppose to law, one without jurisdiction, and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.KALPANA EKBOTE The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition has been filed by L.Jaya Reddy apprehending demolition of the compound wall constructed around the site owned by him, admeasuring Ac.0-38 guntas in Sy.No.16 and 17 of Gachibowli Village, Serilingampally Mandal without following due process of law. The petitioner claims to have purchased Ac.0-24 guntas in Sy.No.16 at Gachibowli Village from Abdul Aziz and others under a registered document No.22556 of 2006 on 14.11.2006 and Ac.0-14 guntas in Sy.No.17 at Gachibowli under a registered document bearing No.3673 of 2008 from Annapurna Devi on 17.05.2008. He constructed a compound wall to protect his site being encroached by the land grabbers. He apprehends contemplating to demolish the compound wall by the respondents without putting him on notice and without following due process of law. When the writ petition came up for admission, Smt Kalpana Ekbote, learned standing counsel for Hyderabad Municipal Corporation takes notice on behalf of the respondents. Learned standing counsel, on instructions, submits that the respondents will follow process of law, in the event of compound wall constructed by the petitioner is required to be demolished. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to follow the due process of law in the event of the compound wall constructed by the petitioner is required to be demolished. No costs. __________ 23-07-2008 rkk