Andhra Pradesh High Court
WP/9491/2026 of Sri Vemuru Venkata Gopalakrishna Murthy, Vs National Highways Authority of India on 22 April 2026
HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3207] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND WRIT PETITION NO: 9491/2026 Between: 1. SRI VEMURU VENKATA GOPALAKRISHNA MURTHY,, S/O. LATE CHINA
APHC010185612026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
AT AMARAVATI
(Special Original Jurisdiction)
THURSDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
WRIT PETITION NO: 9491/2026
Between:
1. SRI VEMURU VENKATA GOPALAKRISHNA MURTHY,, S/O. LATE
CHINA
VENKATA
SUBBAIAH,
AGED
ABOUT
YEARS
OCCUPATION RETIRED EMPLOYEE, R/O 10-9-28, DHAARAVARI
STREET, KAVALI, NELLORE DISTRICT.
2. SRI
SENAGAVARAPU
ATCHUTHA
KUMAR,,
S/O
LATE
ADINARAYANA SHARMA, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, OCCUPATION
SOFTWARE EMPLOYEE, R/O WINTER VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A., REP. BY HIS MOTHER AND G.P.A. HOLDER SMT.
SENAGAVARAPU
LAKSHMI
BALAMAMBA,
W/O
LATE
ADINARAYANA SHARMA, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS. OCCUPATION
RETIRED EMPLOYEE, R/O D.NO.2-46, OPP. NEW B COLONY
BYPASS
ROAD,
KONDAPALLI
VILLAGE,
IBRAHIMPATNAM
MANDAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT.
...PETITIONER(S)
AND
1. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA, (MINISTRY OF ROAD
TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS), REP. BY ITS DEPUTY SECRETARY
/DIRECTOR. G-5 AND 6, SECTOR-10, DWARKA, NEW DELHI - 110075,
2. THE COLLECTOR AND DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, KRISHNA AT
MACHILIPATNAM. 521002
3. THE
JOINT
COLLECTOR
AND
COMPETENT
AUTHORITY,
NATIONAL HIGHWAY KHAMMAM, VIJAYAWADA SECTION GREEN
FIELD ALIGNMENT, KRISHNA AT MACHILIPATNAM. 521002
...RESPONDENT(S):
Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased topleased to issue a Writ, Order or Direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondent authorities not to disburse/make payment of the compensation amount in respect of an extent of 0.7895 hectares is affected under the Gazette Notification stated supra, comprised in R.S. No.23/1 of Cheruvu Madhavaram Village, G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna District, in favour of any person / persons, till the final disposal of O.S. No.56 of 2020, pending on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Mylavaram, Krishna District IA NO: 1 OF 2026
Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to direct the Respondent authorities to deposit the compensation amount in Junior Civil Judge Court, Mylavaram, Krishna District, in respect of an extent of 0.7895 hectares is affected under the Gazette Notification stated supra, comprised in R.S. No.23/1 of Cheruvu Madhavaram Village, G.
Konduru Mandal, Krishna District, till the final disposal of O.S. No.56 of 2020, pending on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Mylavaram, Krishna District, pending disposal of the above Writ Petition IA NO: 2 OF 2026
Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased May be pleased to permit the Petitioners herein to implead the concerned parties as the respondents No.4 to 15 in W.P. No. 9491 of 2026 as well as in
I.A. No. 01 of 2026 and pass
Counsel for the Petitioner(S):
1. VENKAT CHALASANI
Counsel for the Respondent(S):
1. GP FOR REVENUE
2. PASHAN LAKSHMI KANTH REDDY SC for NHAI
The Court made the following:
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
WRIT PETITION No.9491 of 2026
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This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondent authorities not to disburse or to make payment of the compensation amount in respect of the land with an extent of 0.7895 hectares comprised in R.S.No.23/1 of Cheruvu Madhavaram Village, G. Konduru Mandal, Krishna District, in favour of any persons, till the final disposal of O.S.No.56 of 2020, pending on the file of the Junior Civil Judge Court, Mylavaram, Krishna District.
2. Learned Government Pleader appearing for the respondent Nos.2 and 3 herein, has placed written instructions from the 2nd respondent. In the said written instructions the relevant paragraph is extracted herein under: “In this connection, it is submitted that an extent of 7689 Sq.mtrs in R.S.No.23/1B of land was acquired in Cheruvumadhavaram Village, G. Konduru Mandal. Out of the total extent, the petitioner stating extent in this writ petition, acquired extent comes to 2752 Sq.mtrs (Ac.0.68 cents) and the entire compensation amount of Rs.23,86,472/- was kept under the joint account of CALA cum Joint Collector, NTR District & PD, NHAI, Khammam until the outcome of adjudication orders issued from the respective courts i.e., O.S.No.56/2020 filed by Sri. Vemuru Venkata Gopala Krishna Murthy against Sri. Kancherla Nandhini and 11 others and another O.S.No.181/2010 filed by Sri. Kona Venkateswara Rao against Sri. Pasupuleti Nagulamma and two others. In view of the above, it is finally submitted that the acquired land compensation will be disbursed only after the outcome of the adjudication orders issued in O.S.No.56/2020 & O.S.No.181/2010, then only action will be taken as per the orders issued by the respective Courts. The same may be brought to the notice of Hon'ble High Court of A.P., in the said writ petition and with a request to dispose of the said Writ Petition.”
3. In view of the above, the 2nd respondent made it clear that the compensation for the acquired land will be disbursed only after the disposal of O.S.No.56 of 2020 and O.S.No.181 of 2010. Thus, it is clear that the relief sought by the petitioner is already considered by the respondents.
4. In view of the same, placing the written instructions of the 2nd respondent on record, this Writ Petition is disposed of.
5. There shall be no order as to costs.
As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.
_________________________ JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
Date: 23.04.2026 SA
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
WRIT PETITION NO.9491 of 2026
Dt.23.04.2026 SA