P. L. N. SARMA, J.

( 1 ) WHEN this writ petition came up for hearing before a Division Bench of this Court consisting two of us (Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri and B. S. Raikote, JJ), they felt during the course of heating that the scope of S. 437 of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act", and the effect of the decree dated 23-12-1987 in O. S. No. 2804 of 1982 on the file of IInd Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, which became final by the ultimate dismissal of Special Leave Petition No. 5048 of 1991 dated 8-4-1991 by the Supreme Court and the power of the Corporation under S. 452 of "the Act" as well as the procedure to be followed in resorting to demolition of a building under "the Act" in the absence of the guidelines provided by "the Act" or under the Rules, require determination by a larger Bench having regard to the great and general importance of the issues involved. The learned Judges also felt that the stakes involved in the present case are heavy and that the interpretation put upon S. 452 of "the Act" by a Division Bench of this Court in Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad v. Shamsuddin Hasan Khud-ankmen, (1978) 1 Andh WR 91, i

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