ORDER :

M.S. RAMACHANDRA RAO, J.

1. Kochhaguttapalli village is a hamlet of Allipur village, Chelkalapalli Gram Panchayat, Chinnakodur Mandal in Siddipet District of the Telangana State.

2. The State proposed to acquire agricultural lands and houses of the petitioners in this village for Anatagirisagar Reservoir (also called as Annapurna Reservoir).

3. The Anatagirisagar Reservoir is one of a series of reservoirs proposed by the State of Telangana as part of Kaleswaram Irrigation Project.

4. Under this project, the water from the river Godavari would be transported for drinking and agricultural purposes through a series of lifts for storage and distribution of water from a place called Medigadda situated in Jayashankar Bhupalpally District and the said project envisages construction of reservoirs in Siddipet District such as Ananthagirisagar Reservoir (3.5 TMC), Ranganayakasagar Reservoir (3 TMC), Sri. Komaravelli Mallanna Sagar Reservoir (50 TMC) and Kondapochamma Sagar Reservoir (15 TMC).

5. It is not in dispute that under the Kaleswaram Irrigation project, the Godavari River water would flow from Medigadda to Kondapochammasagar through Mid-Manair, Anantagirisagar and Ranganayaka sagar