P. Gopalakrishna, Wg Dist & Another v. Prl. Secretary, Municipal Admin., Hyd & 6 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amaravati (Special Original Jurisdiction); Writ Petition No. 25021/2016; decided by Justice Harinath.N; petitioners P. Gopalakrishna and P. Kanaka Ratnam (retired tahsildars, Eluru); respondents include Principal Secretary Municipal Administration & Urban Development, Eluru Municipal Corporation, Director of Municipal Administration, Director of Town Country Planning, District Collector West Godavari, Superintending Engineer Roads & Buildings, Mandal Revenue Officer Eluru; grievance: proposed demolition of petitioners' property for road widening from 40 feet to 80 feet without due process; Standing Counsel for Corporation denied any expansion proposal and undertook due process; writ petition closed, no costs; interlocutory applications closed; no statutes or precedents cited; registry identifiers APHC010175482016 and [3457].
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the Writ Petition was closed, recording the Standing Counsel's statement that there is no proposal to expand the road from 40 to 80 feet and that due process of law will be followed if the petitioners' land is required for public purposes, with no order as to costs.