WP/34956/2023 of Mohd. Owais Khan Vs The State of Telangana on 29 December 2023

ORDER:

This Writ Petition is filed to declare the action of respondentNos.2 to 4 in not taking any action against the illegal constructionbeing made by the 6'l' respondent in house bearingNo.18-8-485/651N412, Kumarwadi, Edi Bazar, Yakutpura,Hyderabad by encroaching on 4 t-eet narrow road by closing theroad passage, as being illegal, arbitrary, mala .t'ide and contrary tothe provisions of the Greater [-lydetabad Municipal CorporationAct, 1955 (for short 'the Act').

2. Heard learned counsel fbl petitioncrs. learnccl [(iovernment]Pleader for Municipal Administration and Urban Devclopmentappearing on behalf of respondcnt No.l. Sri l)ravccn Vcerjala,leamed Standing Counsel appearing orr behall'of re spondent Nos.2to 4 and leamed Covernrnent Plelder tirr Florne uppt-aring onbehalf of respondent No.5. ancl pcruscd the rccorcl. With theconsent of leamed counscl appealirrg tirr thc pafiies. the WritPetition is taken up for hcaring ancl disposal al adnrission strge.

3. Having regard to the manner of disposal of the S/rit Petition atthe admission stage and the /rs involved in this Writ Petition, thisCourt is of th,l view that notice to unofficial respondent No.6 is notnecessary for adjudication of the present Writ Petition.

4. Petitionels contend that they are the owners of properliesabutting the 6'h respondent's property at Kumarwadi, Edi Bazar,Yakutpura, Hyderabad; that there exists a road in flront olpetitioners' property ; that a part of the aforesaid plopertl, hasalready been encroached by one ofthe neighbours ol the petitionerswhile the remairring 4 feet of the road is now being encloached bythe 6'h respondent and making a construction by puttinpi a gate inlront of petitioners' house, thereby preventing the use of'the roadbl general publit; apart from causing obstruction to the rnovernentof r,ehicles on the said road.

-5. [Petitioners ][l',lr1hcr contend ][that the ][construction ][beinc ][rnade]by' thc unollicial respondent is by encroaching on to tlre [public]roacl; and tlrat tlrc 1-rctitioners had approached the re:prondentaulhoritics and subrnitted a representation on l1-12-2023 lrrirrgingtc'r thc noticr' ol' tlrc authorities the aloresaid illegal constt uctionbcin-q rnade br [(l'r' ]rrspondent

6. Petitioners further contend that in spite of petitionerssubmitting representation to the official respondents, no action istaken to stop the unauthorized construction being made by the6th respondent by encroaching on to the road, and hence this WritPetition.

7. Per contra, Sri Praveen Veerjala. learnd Standing Counselappearing on behalf of respondent Nos.2 to 4 subrnits that as perthe provisions of the Act, in particular Sections 397 and 40t oftheAct, no construction can be allowed to bc rnadc on any street oropen channel, drain, well or tank and that sincc the petitionersallege the unofficial respondent making construction on the roadmargin and having submitted represenlation to the respondentauthorities on I l-12-2023, the Authoritics r.rould look into thesar.nc and take further action by ensuring that such constnlctiondoes nol come up on the road.

ti. I have taken note of respective contentions urged

9. Section 397 of the Act prohibits projcctiorr ()n open strc-ctsrrhile Section 401 of' the Act prohibits c()nstruction ol llxture.ri hich causes obstruction in the streets.

10. Since. the petitioners have alleged that on account ofconstmctlonbeing made by the unofficial respondent byencroaching on to the street thereby causing obstruction to the useofthe road by the people in thc neighbourhood, this Court is oftheview that respondent No.3 should be directed to look into therepresentation of the petitioners dated ll-12-20223 in anexpeditious rnanner and take action by ensuring that no suchconstruct ion is rnade or comes up on the [public ]street, within aperiod o1'nro (02) wecks liorn the date of receipt of a,:opy of thisorder.

I l. Subiect to the above observations and directionr;, the WritPetition is dispr,sed of. No costs

12. As a scclLLcl. rniscellaneous petitions pending if any shall standclosed.

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DATED:29112112023

ORDER

WP.No.34956 of 2023

DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITIONWITHOUT COST'SWITHOUT COST'S

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