HC vacates order over properties being acquired for Metro Corridor-VI

Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court vacated an order restraining the authorities from passing awards for the properties being acquired for execution of Metro Rail Project’s Phase-II Corridor-VI from Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station to Chandrayangutta. 

The judge observed that the continuity and the effectiveness of the Metro Rail would be adversely affected if the proposed project was not executed. This would deprive the citizens and commuters of an efficient and integrated public transportation facility. Non-implementation of the project would defeat the object of establishing a seamless Metro Rail Network connecting different parts of the city, adversely affecting the larger public interest, the judge noted. 

Citing a verdict of the Supreme Court, the judge said matters like determination of alignment and acquisition of lands required for Metro Rail Project can be finalised by the authorities after conducting comprehensive survey. “The courts are neither equipped nor expected to adjudicate upon the technical viability or feasibility of a particular infrastructure project or to determine whether a particular alignment would better better serve the larger public interest,” the judge said.