THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.SHRAVAN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.15482 of 2025

ORDER

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri N.Sridhar Reddy, learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent No.3.

2. The petitioners are aggrieved by the action of the Respondents in not providing compensation and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Packages to the petitioners i.e., agricultural land admeasuring Ac.1.36 Gts., bearing sy.no.351/A belonging to petitioner no.1 and land admeasuring Ac.2.20 gts bearing sy.no.351/B2 belonging to petitioner no.2 situated at Machapur village, Geesugonda Mandal, Warangal District and illegally entering into the petitioners land and digging pits for laying of high tension electricity lines as illegal and arbitrary, violative of the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation & Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 (LA Act 2013), Art., 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, with a consequential prayer, not to not to dispossess the petitioners or interfere with petitioner agricultural land admeasuring Ac.1.36 Gts., bearing sy.no.351/A belonging to petitioner no.1 and land admeasuring Ac.2.20 gts., bearing sy.no.351/B2 belonging to petitioner no.2 situated at Machapur village, Geesugonda Mandal, Warangal District, without following due process of law.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners claims to be absolute owners of the land admeasuring Ac.2.05 gts., in Sy.Nos. 351/A and 358/B situated at Machapur village, Geesukonda Mandal, Warangal District, and a copy of the pattadar passbook is also filed. He would further submit that the respondents have already started the work and has dug the pit holes for the purpose of erecting the high-tension electric lines on the subject property. The Telangana Government issued notification, dated 16.06.2022 for the purpose of erection of the transmission lines, sub-stations and bay extensions and in the said notification, serial No.3 pertains to the work being carried out for erection of 220KV DC line from existing 220KV Pulukurthy SS to Proposed 220/132/33KV sub-station at Kakatiya Mega Textile Park (KMTP) with a transformer capacity of 30 MB and he submits that the compensation which has to be paid to the land losers i.e., the petitioners. Any compensation over and above, the petitioners are aggrieved may approach the civil Court in terms of the

India Limited (Supra).

4. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for respondent No.3 Corporation of India Limited v. Century Textiles & Industries

Limited and Others1, which includes the land owners, wherein held that the petitioner has to file a suit before concerned District Judge for the purpose of claiming compensation. He would further submit that in the similar issue, compensation has already paid to some of the land losers, while laying the high-tension towers.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the compensation which was paid to the other land losers in the adjacent owners, the same would be paid to the petitioners pertaining to the extent of the actual land utilized by the respondents. However, submits that the adjoining area of the petitioners’ lands which would be taken for the said purpose, would be rendered useless.

6. Recording the above submissions, this writ petition is disposed of directing the petitioners to make an application for the purpose of compensation within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on such application being filed, the respondent authorities shall consider the same within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the application and pass appropriate orders. Further, the petitioners are at liberty to file a suit if they are aggrieved by the compensation paid by the respondents, in terms of the order passed India Limited (Supra).

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7. Accordingly this writ petition is disposed of. Miscellaneous applications, if any pending, shall stand closed. No o