HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 23776 OF 2025

O R D E R:

Petitioners assert that they are owners and possessors of agricultural lands in various survey numbers of Kadthal Village and Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, where they have been cultivating crops for more than two decades. They state that their lands contain cattle sheds, pump rooms, workers' rooms, storage rooms for cultivation equipment, iron fencing and paddy farming. They contend that Respondent No.7, without issuing any prior notice, entered their private patta lands, marked the ground with circles and numbers with colour paint and proposed to erect 765 kV transmission towers. They describe this as a highhanded act amounting to trespass and a punishable offence. They claim that when they approached Respondent No.7 and orally objected to the works, the officials refused to acknowledge even a letter issued by the local MLA, dated 08.01.2024, requesting realignment of the transmission line.

1.1. Petitioners contend that Respondent No.7 has been carrying out transmission route approval under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003 until 30.01.2025. They rely on e mail dated 28.09.2024 to claim that Res