IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 28668 of 2025

07^thApril, 2026 Between:

P. Kumara Swamy, S/o P. Ramanayya, and others … Petitioner AND

1. Union of India, and others … Respondents

ORDER

The petitioners state that the authorities began land acquisition by issuing a notification under Section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 (“NH Act”) on 10.03.2021, published in the Gazette and newspapers on 25.03.2021, for acquiring lands in about ten villages in Parkal, Shayampet, and Damera Mandals for a four-lane Greenfield National Highway. They contend that the notification mentioned only survey numbers and land extents, without landowner details, maps, or plans at the CALA office. No Grama Sabha was held, and publication in “Mana Telangana” and “The Hindu” had little reach in their village. Being small farmers, they claim they were denied a meaningful opportunity to file proper objections, though some common objections were submitted.

1.1. A public hearing for environmental clearance was later conducted where objections were recorded. After that, there was no communication for nearly a year until a public not