IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 20230 OF 2024

07.04.2026 Between:

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

….. Respondents

O R D E R:

Petitioners contend that as per the letter of the NHAI Project Implementation Unit-1, Khammam dated 08.02.2024, the impugned Nagpur to Vijayawada NH-163G Greenfield Highway alignment was initially approved on 03.01.2019 by NHAI and subsequently approved by the Land Acquisition Committee on 20.08.2020, and thereafter successive notifications have been issued under Section 3A(1) of the National Highways Act, 1956, culminating in Notification No. S.O. 4407(E) dated 21.09.2022 and the declaration under Section 3D(1) vide Notification No. S.O. 3928 dated 04.09.2023 for a stretch of 16.6 km, thereby subjecting the Petitioners to prolonged uncertainty and mental agony from 2019 till date.

1.1. Petitioners further contend that repeated re- issuance of notifications after lapse of earlier notifications is arbitrary, unjust and contrary to the intent of the National Highways Act, 1956, and tha