Devi Prasad v. Competent Authority Special Land Acquistion Officer Barabanki and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 3, WRIT - C No. 10194 of 2025, decided December 2, 2025, bench comprising Shekhar B. Saraf, J. and Manjive Shukla, J. Petitioner Devi Prasad versus Competent Authority Special Land Acquisition Officer Barabanki and another. Petition disposed of after State confirmed completion of all Court-directed payments including interest and solatium; court found no remaining cause of action. Keywords: land acquisition compensation, solatium, interest payment, cause of action exhausted, disposal of writ petition.
What did the court decide?
Accepting as correct the learned counsel for the State's submission that all payments directed by the Court, including interest and solatium, had been made to the petitioner, the Court held that the petitioner had no interest as no cause of action remained. ¶¶13