( 1 ) THE question which arises for consideration in this Writ Petition is as to whether the possession of a land in occupation of a lessee can be acquired by the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad without recourse to compulsory acquisition only on the basis of the consent given by the landlady. The petitioner herein is a company. It is a tenant of the premises No. 6-3-569 and 570, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. One Smt. M. Ramanamma is the landlady of the said premises. The petitioner was granted lease in respect of the aformentioned premises for establishing a printing press in respect whereof it obtained licence from the Municipal Corporation of Hydrabad. The Inspector of Factories has also granted licence in favour of the petitioner. The petitioner herein had also been published two dailies eenadu and News Time from the said premises. The building structures, hoards and the watchman room allegedly were constructed by the petitioner on leasehold land at its own cost. With a purpose of widening the road the 1st respondent threatened to take possession of the said premises purported to be on the basis of an alleged consent of the landlady without invoking the provisions o