HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH

AT JAMMU

CJ Court

Case No. LPA No. 276/2025 in

OWP No. 2416/2018

CM No. 7239/2025

Reserved on: 22.12.2025 Pronounced on: 30.12.2025 Uploaded on: 30.12.2025

Whether the operative part or full judgment

is pronounced: Full.

National Highways Authority of

India, G-5 and G-6, Sector No. 10,

Dwarka, New Delhi through its

Project Director, National

Highways Authority of India, PIU-

Ramban, Ramban. …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s)

Through: Mr. Vipan Gandotra, Advocate

Vs

1. Kushlaya Devi W/o Chuni Lal

R/o Dhalwas, Tehsil & District

Ramban. .…. Contesting Respondent

2. Union Territory of Jammu and

Kashmir Through

Commissioner/Secretary, Revenue

Department, Civil Secretariat, J&K

Jammu/Srinagar.

3. Deputy Commissioner, Ramban.

4. Additional Deputy Commissioner,

Ramban.

5. Gammon India Pvt. Ltd. C/o General Manager, Head Office, Gammon House, Veer Savarkar

Marg Prabhadevi, Mumbai. 6. Union of India Through

Commissioner/Secretary, Ministry of

Roads, Transport and Highways

Transport Bhawan, Parliament

Street New Delhi.

…….Performa Respondent(s)

Through:

Coram: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNESH OSWAL, JUDGE

JUDGMENT

(Rajnesh Oswal-J)

1. The appellant, being aggrieved of the j