HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.9401 OF 2007 ORDER: The petitioners clam to be the owners of property bearing Municipal No.1-9-1126/B/1, Azamabad, Hyderabad. Their grievance is that the respondents are threatening to demolish the premises without issuing any notice. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 3. The petitioners have narrated the manner in which they acquired rights vis-à-vis the property. Their only grievance is that the respondents are trying to demolish the existing structures. Assuming that there is any illegality about the structures that are standing on the premises, the respondents can proceed against the petitioners only by issuing notice under the relevant provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act. There cannot be any justification for the respondents in taking steps without following the procedure prescribed by law. The very fact that for the past more than 3 years, no demolition as such has taken place belies the apprehension of the petitioners. 4. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing that in case the respondents are intending to proceed against the property owned by the petitioners, it shall be open to them to do so, only by issuing notice under the relevant provisions of law. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J February 17, 2011. KTL