Smt. D. Balamani v. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: writ petition; mandamus; Article 226; Section 151 CPC; land acquisition; due process; dispossession; demolition; GHMC; Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act 1955; Land Acquisition Act 2013; 69 Sq.yrds; Charminar Cross Road; RTC Cross Roads; interim order 31.10.2014 restraining dispossession; petitioners absent at hearing; respondents' submission/undertaking to follow due process; disposed without adjudicating merits; no costs. Relevance: illustrates disposal of a GHMC acquisition/demolition writ on the respondents' assurance to follow due process of law, with the interim protection against dispossession recorded and no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondent authorities to follow due process as contemplated under law before initiating action on the subject property; pending miscellaneous applications closed; no order as to costs.