IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 9109 OF 2024

07.04.2026 Between:

Kuthumbaka Naresh & others ….. Petitioners And The Union of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi & others.

….. Respondents

O R D E R:

Petitioners contend that the Union Government has proposed a Greenfield Highway project from Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra to Amaravathi in the State of Andhra Pradesh in 2019 and the said Highway, while proceeding towards Vijayawada, is proposed to pass through Khammam Municipal Corporation area, including V. Venkatayapalem village and adjoining regions. Though respondents claim to have considered three alternative alignments, the impugned alignment, namely Option-1, which is closest to Khammam city, has been selected arbitrarily, despite the existence of alternative alignments to the East and extreme East, and the selected alignment intersects the 100 feet Wyra Road, which is a major State Highway and a principal road within Khammam city, passing through highly commercial areas, Government offices and educational institutions. The successive Gazette Notifications issued under Sectio