THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION Nos. 21950 & 21953 of 2010 COMMON ORDER: These two writ petitions are filed questioning the action of the respondents in laying roads through the lands of the petitioners situated adjacent to National High Way No.9 in Survey Nos. 279, 246/4, 246/5, 516/2, 403/1, 423/1, 515/1, 417/6, 446/2, 446/3, 406/8, 406/7, 430/3 and 451/5 of Munagala Village and Mandal, Nalgonda District, without following due process of law. The third respondent filed detailed counter-affidavit, indicating publication of notifications under Sections 3(A), 3(D) and 3(G) of National Highways Act, 1956 (for short ‘the N.H. Act’), in the Gazette of India as well as in newspapers, as regards acquisition of subject land for public purpose, and that award was also passed in respect of the lands acquired including the subject land. When the matters are taken up for consideration today, it is submitted by the learned Standing Counsel for NHAI that the issue involved in these writ petitions is squarely covered by the order of this Court dated 21.09.2010 passed in similar writ petition being W.P. No. 22410 of 2010, which was dismissed, granting liberty to the petitioners therein to approach the Arbitrator- District Collector, Nalgonda, for enhancement of compensation, and that these writ petitions are also liable to be dismissed granting liberty as granted therein. In view of the above, since the subject land was acquired after initiating due proceedings under N.H. Act, as is evident from the counter-affidavit of the third respondent, and award was also said to have been passed, this writ petition is also liable to be dismissed, following the order dated 21.09.2010 passed in W.P. No. 22410 of 2010 referred above. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed, granting liberty to the petitioners to approach the Arbitrator- District Collector, Nalgonda, for enhancement of compensation. There shall be no order as to costs. N.V. RAMANA, J Date: 25.11.2010 va