THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.21764 of 2009 ORDER: The petitioner asserts that she is the owner and possessor of mulgi bearing municipal No.16-1-553/2/4, admeasuring 55 sq.yards, situated at Saidabad, Hyderabad, having purchased it under a registered sale deed from one M.Kishan and since then, she has been in possession of the same. Now, the main grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents without issuing any notice and without following due process of law, are trying to acquire 55 sq.yards of her site by demolishing her house for the purpose of widening the road. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is not at all against the road widening programme proposed by the respondents nor has she any objection to the acquisition of her land, however, he submits that the respondents have to take the petitioner’s consent and pay proper compensation before acquiring the land in question as contemplated under Sections 146 and 147 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’). The learned Standing Counsel for the respondents has submitted that so far, they have not issued any notice to the petitioner proposing to acquire the land in question, and in case the respondents propose to acquire any piece of land belonging to the petitioner, they shall certainly issue notice to the petitioner and follow due process of law. In view of the submission made by the learned Standing Counsel that the respondents shall certainly follow due process of law before acquiring the petitioner’s land, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with the following direction: “The respondents are directed not to demolish the structures or take away any portion of the petitioner’s property and not to dispossess her without following due process of law under Sections 146 and 147 of the Act or holding private negotiations or initiating proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.” With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _________________ N.V.RAMANA, J 12th OCTOBER, 2009. kvni