ORDER:

The present writ petition is filed seeking a mandamusor any other appropriate writ or direction declaring the notification issued under Section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (for short ‘the Act’) which was published in ‘Sakshi’ Telugu daily newspaper on 14.07.2020, and the declaration issued under Section 3D of the Act which was published in ‘Praja Sakthi’ Telugu daily newspaper on 12.11.2020, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, on various grounds.

2. Heard Mr.O.Manoher Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr.N.Harinath, learned Assistant Solicitor General of India representing respondent No.1, Mr.S.S.Varma, learned standing counsel for National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), representing respondent No.2 and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition representing respondent Nos.3 and 4.

3. The petitioner is a retail outlet dealer of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. He obtained lease of land situated in survey Nos.236/4B and 236/6 of Vinnamala Village, Naidupet Mandal, SPSR Nellore District and established a retail petroleum outlet thereon, in the year 2006. It is his grievance that by virtue of t