IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 3921 OF 2023

07.04.2026 Between:

E. Usha Rani & another ….. Petitioners And The Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Road & Transport & Highways, New Delhi & others ….. Respondents

O R D E R:

Petitioners contend that petitioner No.1 is the owner of landed property in Survey Nos. 256 and 257 of V. Venkatayapalem Village of Raghunadhapalem Mandal, Khammam District, Telangana, admeasuring 4,235 square yards abutting 100 feet Wyra Road, petitioner No.2 is the owner of landed property in Survey No.254 of the very same Village and Mandal admeasuring 1,642 square yards. Both of them contend that the said properties are worth more than Rs.20 crores in the open market and entire extent of their lands is expected to be completely consumed by the impugned highway alignment.

1.1. It is contended, the 1st respondent issued the impugned notification dated 29.07.2022 under Section 3A(1) of the National Highways Act, 1956 (for short, ‘the Act’), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-I, Section 3, sub- section (2), by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highwa