IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.25064 of 2010 Between: Sri Ramanjaneya Weigh Bridge, Ramapuram X Road, rep. by Proprietor Kotha Raghupathi ……PETITIONER(S) and Government of India, rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, New Delhi and others ……RESPONDENT(S) THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.25064 of 2010 ORDER: Heard Sri V.Brahmaiah Chowdary, learned counsel for the petitioner, and the learned Government Pleader for Transport and Land Acquisition. At their request, the Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the stage of admission. The main grievance of the petitioner is that respondents 1 to 4 are not considering his request for payment of compensation in respect of the land acquired from him admeasuring 607.05 sq. meters in Sy.No.399 situated at Nallabandagudem, Ramapuram X Roads of Chimiryal Village, Kodad Mandal, Nalgonda District, standing in the name and style of Sri Ramanjaneya Weigh Bridge as per prevailing market value and the cost of structure, including installation charges of the machinery, thereon. The facts, in brief, are that the petitioner owns the aforementioned land which is situated abutting to Hyderabad -- Vijayawada National Highway No.9 and eking out livelihood by installing weighbridge thereon since decades. While so, a paper publication was issued on 21.05.2009 under Section 3G(1) of the National Highways Act, 1956 (for short – ‘the Act’), for widening of national high way No.9 from KM 126.50 to KM 190.00 in Suryapet Revenue Division of Nalgonda District. The petitioner was also issued with a notice dated 16.08.2010 by the Competent Authority and the Revenue Divisional officer, Suryapet, directing to hand over possession of the land. In response to the said notice, he made a representation to the 4th respondent requesting to fix the compensation as per the present market value and also as per the adjacent owner including the expenditure incurred by him for establishing the weighbridge and structures thereon. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, it is appropriate to direct the 4th respondent to pass appropriate orders on the representation of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible. With the above observation, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. 06th October 2010 CVRK