Pulluru Sammaiah, v. The State Of Telangana, Dept Of Municipal Administration,

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.RAMACHANDRA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 31005 OF 2016 O R D E R:

Learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Ms. Pingali Lakshmi, learned Standing Counsel for Respondents 2 and 3 admit that the issue raised in this Writ Petition is covered by the order dt. 08.12.2014 in Writ Petition No. 34412 of 2014. Therefore, for reasons alike, this Writ Petition is also allowed. The respondents are directed to initiate proceedings under Section 32 of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2008 in accordance with the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, for acquisition of the portion of the land owned by the petitioners required by them for road widening and pay compensation to the petitioners.

The requisition for the said purpose should be sent by the second respondent to the first respondent within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order; the first respondent shall initiate the process for acquisition for road widening within a period of one month thereafter; and conclude the same within a period of three months. The respondents shall not insist on the petitioners surrendering the land required for road widening free of cost as a pre-condition for considering their application for permission for making construction in portion of their land. No costs.

Consequently, the miscellaneous applications, if any shall stand disposed of.

______________________________ M.S. RAMACHANDRA RAO, J 29th September 2016 ksld