IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI APARESH KUMAR SINGH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M.MOHIUDDIN WRIT PETITION No.7291 of 2026 DATED: 11.03.2026 Between:

Salla Veera Reddy ... Petitioner AND The State of Telangana, Represented by Principal Secretary to Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 004 & 5 others ... Respondents

ORDER:

Heard Mr. Rajkumar Gummi, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, Mr. Bhaskar, learned Government Pleader for Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department appearing for respondent No.1 and Mr. Srinivasa Rao Pachwa, learned Standing Counsel for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) appearing for respondent Nos.2 to 6.

2. The vires of Section 146 of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the GHMC Act’) is being challenged as unconstitutional, ultra vires and repugnant to the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 2013’) in teeth of A