IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA Between:

Sri Srinivasa Construction, Karimnagar, reptd by its Managing Partner-A.Dasharathareddy … Petitioner And The State of Telangana, reptd., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Roads and Buildings, Hyderabad and three others …Respondents JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON 19.02.2026 HON’BLE JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY

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2. Whether the copies of judgment may be marked to Law Reporters/Journals? : Yes

3. Whether her Lordship wishes to see the fair copy of the Judgment? : Yes _______________________________________ JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY HON'BLE JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY % 19.02.2026 Between:

# Menthula Shashidhar, S/o Satyanarayana .... Petitioner And:

$ The State of Telangana, reptd., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Roads and Buildings, Hyderabad and three others ....Respondents Gist:

> Head Note:

! Counsel for the petitioner: Sri Alladi Ravinder, Learned senior counsel For Sri Krishna Kishore Kovvuri, Learned counsel-on-record ^ Counsel for Respondents: Sri T.Rajinikanth Reddy Additional Advocate General ? Cases Referred:

1. (2024) 10 SCC 273

2. 2025 SCC Online SC 2368

3. 2016(14) SCC 172 4. 2022 (6) SCC 127 5. 2010(6) SCC 303 6. 1994(6) SCC 651

7. 2007(14) SCC 517

8. 2012(8) SCC 216

9. (2016) 15 SCC 272

10. 2019 SCC Online SC 1133

11. 2022 SCC Onlilne 1967 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY WP.No.3709 of 2026 Dated:19.02.2026 Between:

Sri Srinivasa Construction, Karimnagar, reptd by its Managing Partner-A.Dasharathareddy …Petitioner And The State of Telangana, reptd., by its Principal Secretary, Department of Roads and Buildings, Hyderabad and three others …Respondents

ORDER

This Writ Petition is filed seeking the following substantive relief:

“… to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents-(i) in issuing the fresh tender notifications vide NIT No.05/DSE/SEK/R&B/ KMNR/2025-26/CRF/05 dated 24.01.2026 and NIT No.06/DSE/SEK/R&B/KMNR/2025- 26/CRF/06, dated 27.01.2026 for the works, viz., (i) widening and strengthening of single lane to double land road from Arnakonda Village of Choppadandi Mandal to Mallial X road from Km 0/0 to 35/00 via Gopalraopet Village of Ramadugu Mandal in Karimnagar District and (ii) for the works of widening and strengthening of Vemulawada to Sirikonda road from Km 10/0 to 28/2 in Rajanna Sircilla District, (iii) not considering the case of the petitioner for awarding the contract works pursuant to the Tender Notification vide NIT No.02/DSE/SEK/R& B/KMNR/2024-25/CRF/02 dated 15.11.2025 and Tender Notification vide NIT No.03/DSE/SEK/R&B/ KMNR/2024- 25/CRF/03 dated 15.11.2025 as illegal, arbitrary, violative of principles of natural justice and also suffers from malafide intention and for extraneous reasons, apart from being violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300A of the Constitution of India and consequently (iv) to set aside the impugned fresh tender notifications vide NIT No.05/DSE/SEK/R&B/KMNR/2025-26/CRF/05, dated 24.01.2026 and NIT No.06/DSE/SEK/R&B/KMNR/2025- 26/CRF/06 dated 27.01.2026 and, (v) further, consequently to direct the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for awarding the works viz., (i) widening and strengthening of single lane to double land road from Arnakonda Village of Choppadandi Mandal to Mallial X road from Km 0/0 to 35/00 via Gopalraopet Village of Ramadugu Mandal in Karimnagar District and (ii) for the works of widening and strengthening of Vemulawada to Sirikonda road from Km 10/0 to 28/2 in Rajanna Sircilla District pursuant to the tender notification vide NIT No.02/ DSE/SEK/R&B/KMNR/202425/CRF/02, dated 15.11.2025 and Tender Notification vide NIT No.03/DSE/ SEK/R&B/KMNR/202425/CRF/03 dated 15.11.2025 in accordance with law.”

Heard Sri Alladi Ravinder, learned senior counsel appearin