JUDGMENT :

C. Praveen Kumar, J.

(Taken up through video conferencing)

1. Assailing the Order, dated 22.10.2020, passed in W.P.No.682 of 2019, the present Writ Appeal is filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent.

2. The Government of India undertook transportation of petroleum products from Paradeep in the State of Orissa to Hyderabad through State of Andhra Pradesh, vide project styled as ‘Paradeep-Hyderabad Pipeline Project’ [here-in-after referred to as ‘Project’].

3. In the process of laying the pipelines, there arose necessity to acquire the right of user in respect of petitioners’ land under the provisions of Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, 1962 [here-in-after referred to as ‘PMP Act’]. Pursuant thereto, a Notification, dated 06.09.2017, came to be issued under Section 3(1) of PMP Act, covering different extents of lands in villages of Gaddamanugu, Cheruvumadhavram, Sunnampadu, Loya, Kavuluru, Munagapadu and Chevuturu in G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna District. It is averred in the affidavit filed, that originally the pipeline alignment was going in a straight line between Konduru Village and Indian Oil Corporation Limited terminal at Kowluru