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.434 of 2026 Dated: 16.04.2026 Between:

Sk. Shabeer and 2 others.

…Appellants and The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue (LA & JA Department), Secretariat Buildings, BRKR Bhavan, Hyderabad, and 7 others.

…Respondents JUDGMENT:

Learned counsel Sri Ch.Ravi Kumar appears for the appellants.

Sri E.Ramesh Chandra Goud, learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition, appears for respondents No.1, 2 and 5 to 8.

Sri B.Narasimha Sharma, learned Additional Solicitor General of India, representing Sri Madishetty Ramu, learned Standing Counsel for National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), appears for respondents No.3 and 4.

2. Three of the writ petitioners out of twelve are aggrieved by the impugned judgment dated 07.04.2023 passed in W.P.No.25680 of 2023, whereby the learned writ court relegated the writ petitioners to avail the statutory remedy under Section 3G(5) of the National Highways Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as, “the Act of 1956”), while refusing to entertain the writ petition.

3. The writ