( 1 ) THIS is a petition invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking to quash an order of the Cantonment Board, Secunderabad, dated 25-7-1957, levying a composition fee of Rs. 1,000. 00 for certain unauthorised constructions carried out by the petitioner in his premises or in default to demolish and remove the said unauthorised construction.

( 2 ) THE facts relevant for this enquiry are as under; The petitioner Sri P. V. Jaya Bao is a pensioner of the erstwhile Hyderabad Government. He is the owner of a building and land appurtenant thereto, bearing Survey Nos. 47/6, 47/7 and 47/8 in the village of Busareddiguda, Baghat Ta-luq, Hyderabad District. He applied to the Cantonment Board under Section 179 of the Cantonments Act II of 1924 on 21-5-1954 for permission to build outhouses consisting of three rooms and a verandah and servants quarters consisting of two rooms and a verandah, one to the south-east and the other to the north-west in the compound of Bungalow No. 223, Maredapalli Road. The plan submitted by the petitioner for the said constructions was sanctioned by the Cantonment Board by its resolution dated 10-9-1954. While the construc

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