HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VAKITI RAMAKRISHNA REDDY DATE: 09.04.2026 Between P.Umamaheshwar Reddy and others.

… Petitioners And The State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, (Land Acquisition), Secretariat, Hyderabad, and others.

… Respondents

ORDER:

This writ petition is filed seeking the following relief/s :

“…to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents 2 and 3 in not considering the repeated requests, representations and reminders of the petitioners to pay the just and fair compensation for the actual extent of land acquired, compute the interest and compensation for the delayed payment from the date of taking possession till the date of payment, and the further action of the 4^th respondent in not acquiring the remaining 50 Ft. width road, as arbitrary, illegal, unjust, failure to exercise power, violative of the procedure contemplated under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under Articles 14, 19, 21, apart from being violative of Constitutional Right guaranteed under Article 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to pay compensation, apart from interest for delayed payment and pass…”.

2. Heard Sri C.V.R.Rudra Prasad, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Ms. Radha Reddy Katta, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Land Acquisition appearing on behalf of the respondents.

3. The brief facts of the case as can be culled out from the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition are as under:

a) The petitioners claim to be the owners and possessors of the lands in Sy.Nos.290, 305/AA, 291, 304/A, 305/1, 291/1, 304, 305/E, admeasuring Ac.2-19 Gts., Ac.0-13 Gts., Ac.1-21 Gts., Ac.1-09 Gts., Ac.1-06 Gts., Ac.1-20 Gts., Ac.1-09 Gts. and Ac.1-06 Gts. respectively, situated at Palakonda Village, Mahaboobnagar Municipal Limits.

b) It is stated that respondent No.4 submitted a requisition proposal for formation of Bye-pass Road to Mahaboobnagar Town, commencing from Yenugonda to Bandameedipally Village through Palakonda Village of Mahaboobnagar Mandal and District, and the lands belonging to the petitioners were also included for the aforesaid purpose. c) According to the petitioners, the respondent authorities failed to consider the nature and potential of the subject lands, despite the lands being situated within the Municipal limits of Mahaboobnagar and abutting the National Highway, rendering them suitable for residential development and construction of houses.

d) It is further stated by the petitioners that they were constrained to submit the claims before respondent No.3, after obtaining the relevant reports from the competent Authorities. Respondent No.2 approved the acquisition of the petitioners' lands and published the same in the District Gazette No.48/2019, dated 14.06.2019. Though the possession of the said land was taken in the month of March, 2017 itself, the preliminary notification was issued without paying the compensation amount and the petitioners were deprived of their title, possession and enjoyment of the property. The compensation was allegedly not paid till the award came to be passed. The petitioners further contend that even for passing the award, they were compelled to give consent, failing which according to them, compensation itself would not have been released even after lapse of considerable time from the date of their dispossession.

e) It is specifically pleaded that though the actual extent of land acquired and possession taken is to an extent of 11,475 Square yards, the compensation was paid only for an extent of 10,925 Square yards, pursuant to award dated 15.06.2019, thereby leaving an extent of 550 Square yards uncompensated. Having realized that the authorities were acting unilate