JUDGMENT :

B. Mohanty, J.

This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the notification dated 27.12.2019 published by the Government of India in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Department under sub-section(1) of Section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956, for short the ‘Act’ published in daily newspaper ‘The Dharitri’, regarding acquisition of lands of the petitioner for the purpose of construction of Raipur to Vishakhapatnam Economic Corridor and consequently prayer has been made for quashing of the said Notification which was published in the newspaper on 23.1.2020. The petitioner has also made an alternative prayer to direct the opposite parties more particularly opposite party Nos. 3 and 7 to modify the alignment of the proposed road in accordance with the enquiry report under Annexure-5 and to consider and dispose of the objection under Annexure-6 as per Section 3C of the ‘Act’.

2. The case of the petitioner is that it is a registered farm and the said farm purchased Ac. 24.00 cents land which was originally classified as ‘Dongoro’ i.e. dry land. Out of the said land Ac.14.00 cents has been converted to non-agricultural category under Section 8A of t