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VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday discovered fault with the way wherein among the villagers of Ippatam secured interim keep on demolition of their homes by the municipal authorities by claiming that notices weren’t issued earlier than taking on the demolition drive. The court docket requested the petitioners to look earlier than it and clarify as to why prison contempt of court docket proceedings can’t be initiated towards them.

The matter pertains to the issuance of notices by the Tadepalli municipal authorities on Might 21 to among the householders in Ippatam for demolishing their homes, which got here up on encroached land, for taking on highway widening works. Bellamkonda Venkata Narayana and 12 others approached the HC stating that the municipal authorities had demolished their homes with out issuing any notices.

Whereas listening to the petitions earlier, Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari issued interim orders staying the demolition of the homes and directed the municipal authorities to not take any coercive motion. When the matter got here up for listening to on Tuesday, counsels representing the municipal company M Manohar Reddy and G Naresh Kumar knowledgeable the court docket that notices have been served personally to some and thru put up to others. 

The counsels submitted an affidavit of the notices served on the petitioners as an proof. When Justice Tilhari sought the response of the petitioners, counsel T Saisurya admitted earlier than the court docket that notices have been served by the authorities to take up demolition.   

Expressing severe displeasure over the reply of the counsel, Justice Tilhari noticed that the interim orders have been issued solely after the petitioners knowledgeable the court docket that no notices have been served and the municipal authorities took up demolition in an unilateral method.Justice Tilhari stated the petitioners had secured the keep orders by informing the court docket that officers didn’t serve notices and that is nothing however getting reduction by concealing the info. 

Observing that it’s nothing however misusing the process of the court docket, Justice Tilhari requested as to why prison contempt proceedings can’t be initiated towards the petitioners and directed them to look earlier than it in the course of the subsequent listening to on November 24. The court docket additionally lifted the interim orders directing the authorities to not take coercive motion.

Notices served on Might 21

Counsels representing the Tadepalli municipal company M Manohar Reddy and G Naresh Kumar knowledgeable the Excessive Courtroom that notices have been served personally to some on Might 21

<br /> VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday discovered fault with the way wherein among the villagers of Ippatam secured interim keep on demolition of their homes by the municipal authorities by claiming that notices weren’t issued earlier than taking on the demolition drive. The court docket requested the petitioners to look earlier than it and clarify as to why prison contempt of court docket proceedings can’t be initiated towards them.</p> <p>The matter pertains to the issuance of notices by the Tadepalli municipal authorities on Might 21 to among the householders in Ippatam for demolishing their homes, which got here up on encroached land, for taking on highway widening works. Bellamkonda Venkata Narayana and 12 others approached the HC stating that the municipal authorities had demolished their homes with out issuing any notices.</p> <p>Whereas listening to the petitions earlier, Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari issued interim orders staying the demolition of the homes and directed the municipal authorities to not take any coercive motion. When the matter got here up for listening to on Tuesday, counsels representing the municipal company M Manohar Reddy and G Naresh Kumar knowledgeable the court docket that notices have been served personally to some and thru put up to others. </p> <p>The counsels submitted an affidavit of the notices served on the petitioners as an proof. When Justice Tilhari sought the response of the petitioners, counsel T Saisurya admitted earlier than the court docket that notices have been served by the authorities to take up demolition.   </p> <p>Expressing severe displeasure over the reply of the counsel, Justice Tilhari noticed that the interim orders have been issued solely after the petitioners knowledgeable the court docket that no notices have been served and the municipal authorities took up demolition in an unilateral method.Justice Tilhari stated the petitioners had secured the keep orders by informing the court docket that officers didn’t serve notices and that is nothing however getting reduction by concealing the info. </p> <p>Observing that it’s nothing however misusing the process of the court docket, Justice Tilhari requested as to why prison contempt proceedings can’t be initiated towards the petitioners and directed them to look earlier than it in the course of the subsequent listening to on November 24. The court docket additionally lifted the interim orders directing the authorities to not take coercive motion.</p> <p>Notices served on Might 21</p> <p>Counsels representing the Tadepalli municipal company M Manohar Reddy and G Naresh Kumar knowledgeable the Excessive Courtroom that notices have been served personally to some on Might 21<br />