Judgment reserved on : 15.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on : 05.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on : 13.05.2026 APHC010518532025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3328]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 26791 OF 2025 Between:

1. S IVA SAI CONSTRUCTIONS, KUTAGULLA, KADIRI REP. BY ITS PROPRIETOR, K.V.SAI PRANEETH REDDY, S/O.K.V.RAMESH REDDY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, HAVING ITS OFFICE ATKIITUGAULLA VILLAGE, KUTAGULLA, KADIRI MANDAL, SATYA SAI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND

1. T HE UNION OF INDIA, REP., BY ITS DIRECTOR GENERAL (ROAD DEVELOPMENT) AND SPECIAL SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS, TRANSPORT BHAWAN, PARLIAMENT STREET, NEW DELHI.

2. T HE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP., BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, ROADS AND BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI.

3. T HE ENGINEERINCHIEF, ROADS AND BUILDINGS, NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND CRF, HAVING OFFICE AT STATE HOD OFFICES BUILDING, MG ROAD, VIJAYAWADA.

4. T HE REGIONAL OFFICER, MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS, 4TH FLOOR, NEAR KANAKA DURGA VARADHI, RANI GARI THOTA,