HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.4452 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners claim that they own a house bearing Door No. 10/130 of B. Kothakota Village and Mandal of Chittoor District, which is an ancestral property. The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondents have marked a portion of the house for the purpose of widening of the road. The petitioners state that neither a notice was issued nor any compensation was paid to them. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents. In case, the respondents need any part of the house owned by the petitioners for the purpose of widening of the road, they are under obligation to acquire the same by imitating proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. There cannot be any justification for the respondents to proceed against the petitioners’ property without undertaking any such exercise. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of directing that the respondents shall not demolish or otherwise interfere with the house of the petitioners or any part thereof, for the purpose of widening of the road, except by initiating proceedings in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY,J DATE: 25th February, 2011 pnb