IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. SHRAVAN KUMAR Date: 11.02.2026 Between:

Cherupally Srinivasulu and Forty Two others … Petitioners And The State of Telangana, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and Four others.

… Respondents

ORDER

Questioning the action of the respondent authorities in not awarding Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) package to the petitioners, who are affected families for passing award under Section 31(1) (Second Schedule) of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Act 30 of 2013 read with G.O.MS.No.38 Revenue (JA&LA) Department dated 14.02.2017, petitioners filed the present writ petition.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are the owners of different extents of lands in village of Damarcherla and their lands were acquired for the purpose of construction of new broad-guage railway line at Damarcherla from existing Vishnupuram Railway Station to the proposed Marchalling Yard at Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS). The acquisition notification was issued in Gazette Notification No.108 dated 15.10.2020 under the provisions of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Thereafter, an award was passed vide File No.E/3405/2020 dated 01.11.2021 by the Land Acquisition Officer/RDO Miryalguda awarding a compensation amount of Rs.8,17,183/- per acre along with other statutory benefits only in respect of the acquired land of the petitioners. The petitioners after receiving the amounts under the protest made an application for referring the matter to the authority under Section 64 of the said Act, which was numbered as O.P. No.25 of 2023 and O.P. No.173 of 2024 and the same are pending before the authority. The subject matter of the said O.Ps., are only with regard to the payment of just and reasonable compensation in respect of the acquired lands of the petitioners. It is further submitted that Chapter 5 of the said Act deals with Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award and as per Section 31 to 42 of the Act, it is the mandatory duty of the Collector to pass Rehabilitation and Resettlement awards for each affected family in terms of their entitlements provided in the Second Schedule. The petitioners made representations dated 14.11.2024, 27.11.2024 and finally on 31.01.2026 through their Advocate by enclosing particulars of individual extents of lands and survey number, structure, etc., along with a copy of the award proceedings as required under the said Act requesting to pass award under Rehabilitation and Resettlement Award. Though the same were acknowledged, no steps were taken by the respondents.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners would further submit that the compensation received by the petitioners was only to the extent of land lost by the petitioners however they are due for R&R package. A legal notice dated 31.01.2026 was issued through their counsel to the respondents authority with a request to pass the award under Section 31(1) of the LARR Act in furtherance to the pending O.Ps. No.25 of 2023 and 173 of 2024.

4. On the other hand, the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents prayed to pass appropriate orders.

5. In that view of the matter, recording the aforesaid submissions and with the consent of the learned counsel on either side, without going into the merits of the case to the extent of petitioners eligibility for R&R package, it is for the respondents to decide and since the representations stated to have been made by the petitioners are pending with the respondents, this Court is of the considered view to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the representations dated 27.11.2024, 14.11.2025 and 31.01.2026 of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders, in accorda