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 APPEAL No.304 of 2026 DATE:13.03.2026 Between:

M/s.Omics International Private Limited ….Appellant And The Union of India and 3 others ….Respondents

JUDGMENT

Heard Sri Vedula Srinivas, learned Senior Counsel representing Smt. Vedula Chitralekha, learned counsel appearing for the appellant; and Sri B.Narasimha Sharma, learned Additional Solicitor General of India representing Sri N.Bhujanga Rao, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3. Considered the material placed on record.

2. This writ appeal, preferred under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, assails the order dated 24.02.2026 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.27409 of 2025. The appellant had sought a declaration that the decision of 2nd respondent – Board of Approvals, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (BoA) to de-notify the entire Special Economic Zone (SEZ) area admeasuring 4.05 hectares situated in Sy.No.343 of Ameenpur Village, Patancheru Mandal, Sangareddy District, taken in its 130th Meeting held on 18.07.2025 and communicated by the 1^st respondent vide Office Memorandum dated 04.08.2025, is unconstitutional, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (for short ‘2005 Act’) and the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 (for short ‘2006 Rules’) framed thereunder. The appellant had further sought a consequential direction to respondent Nos.1 to 3 to recognize it as the Developer of the said SEZ in place of the 4th respondent.

Factual matrix

3. The 4^th respondent submitted a proposal on 25.05.2016 for establishment of a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES) at Ameenpur Village, Patancheru Mandal, then Medak District (now Sangareddy District), State of Telangana. Upon consideration of the said proposal, the 1^st respondent issued a Formal Approval dated 07.12.2016 in favour of the 4^th respondent for establishment of the said SEZ. The said approval was subject to various conditions and was valid for a period of three years up to

06.12.2019.

4. Pursuant thereto, the Central Government issued Gazette Notification S.O.No.2178(E) dated 05.07.2017 notifying an extent of 4.05 hectares situated in Sy.Nos.343/8 and 343/9 of Ameenpur Village as a SEZ. The appellant submitted an application dated

04.03.2017 seeking approval to participate in the project as a Co- Developer and was subsequently approved as Co-Developer on

31.03.2017.

5. The appellant asserts that it subsequently purchased land admeasuring approximately 13 acres situated in Sy.Nos.343/9, 343/8 and 343/13 from various pattadars (land owners) under registered sale deeds registered as document Nos.4500 to 4507 of 2017 dated 10.03.2017. The 4th respondent was also a confirming party to the said sale deeds.

6. According to the appellant, the land was purchased for the purpose of developing the SEZ project and for establishing infrastructure facilities required for the IT/ITES operations. It is further asserted that the appellant made substantial investments towards acquisition of land and allied infrastructure.

7. In the year 2018, the appellant claims to have secured an opportunity from the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) for establishment of 1998 seats under the India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS) with an objective of generating approximately 6000 employment opportunities. In connection therewith, the appellant deposited an amount of Rs.1.1 Crore with STPI and furnished a Bank Guarantee of Rs.2 Crores.

8. The Government of Telangana, through its Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) Department, extended certain administrative support to the project. By letter, dated 24.09.2018, the State Government recommended allotment of 10 acres of land adjacent to the SEZ for non-SEZ purposes with a