(12.03.2026)
01. This is a writ petition filed by four petitioners, all
claiming to be residents of different villages of district
Udhampur.
02. Before this Court comes to purported cause of action
leading the writ petitioners to join together and come up with
writ petition thereby seeking this Court to interject with
respect to an ongoing construction of a stretch of road falling
on Chenani – Sudhmahadev Section of NH-244 on the plea
that construction of High Gallas/Open Box Cut at three/four
locations of said stretch is against the
proposal/recommendations of the respondent No. 4 – General
Manager (P), PMU-Akhnoor and the respondent No. 5 –
Authority Engineer, TPF, warranting alternate alignments to
be resorted to, this Court needs first to refer to the Project
before coming to the stretches/sections with respect to which
originally approved and allotted course of construction is
alleged to be objectionable and vulnerable.
