JUDGMENT

1. Sri K. Jyothi Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Sri G. Naresh Kumar, learned counsel, appearing for the respondent No.2 - Commissioner, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation. Learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration has accepted notice for respondent No.1.

2. With the consent of the learned counsels for the parties, the Writ Petition is being decided at this stage.

3. Learned counsel for the respondent No.2 submits that, in view of the submissions advanced, there is no need to file the counter affidavit.

4. This Writ Petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, has been filed for issue of a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent No.2 - Commissioner, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (in short 'VMC') in issuing notice, dtd. 9/12/2022, vide Rc.N4-145138/2015, directing the petitioner to vacate the leased premises i.e., Woodpeta Community Hall, Moghalrajpuram, Vijayawada, in which the petitioner is running Sairam Garments and Tailors, as illegal and arbitrary, as also to set aside the said notice.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitio