IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 25680 of 2023

07^thApril, 2026 Between:

1. Maduri Thirupathi, and others … Petitioners AND

1. The State of Telangana, and others … Respondents

ORDER

The case of the petitioners, precisely as per the writ affidavit, is that acquisition proceedings were initiated by the authorities for the National Highway expansion project, which affected the petitioners’ agricultural lands and residential houses. The petitioners contend that they belong to economically weaker sections with marginal landholdings and dependent on agriculture, traditional occupations, and daily wage labor, and their lands were subjected to acquisition proceedings under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Act. According to the petitioners, the authorities proceeded without strictly adhering to due process and passed compensation awards for land and structures. Dissatisfied with the compensation amounts, the petitioners filed arbitration applications before the District Collector, which remain pending, and accepted the compensation under protest.

1.1 The petitioners contend that, in addition to com