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RAVI NATH TILHARI, MAHESWARA RAO KUNCHEAM
Bollineni Srihari Rao – Appellant
Versus
Competent Authority and Special Collector (L. A. ), National Highway-5, Ongole – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
RAVI NATH TILHARI, J.
1. This appeal has been filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure (in short ‘CPC’) by the appellant/1st respondent in LAOP No.01 of 2014 (in short ‘LAOP’) on the file of the Principal District Judge, Prakasam at Ongole (in short ‘learned Court’) against the judgment and decree dated 12.08.2024, passed on a reference under Section 3-H(4) of the NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ACT , 1956 (in short ‘the Act’).
I. Facts :
2. Briefly stated the facts for the purposes of the present issue, are that the Project Director, National Highway Authority of India (in short ‘NHAI’), Nellore sent requisition for acquisition of an extent of Acs.22.29-1/2 cents patta land and Ac.00.90 cents of Government land, situated in Annavarappadu Village of Ongole Mandal for formation of bypass road on the eastern side of Ongole Town and accordingly notification under Section 3-A(1) of the Act was published. Publication under Section 3-D(1) of the Act was made in Gazette of India No.1392, dated 20.07.2011, and as per the enjoyment particulars furnished by the Tahsildar, Ongole, the name of Bollineni Srihari Rao, the present appellant, was shown as landowner for an extent of Ac.00.79
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