A writ petition challenging the acquisition of petitioner land without notice or due process. The court held that possessors cannot be evicted for government purpose without legal procedure and directed restraint on dispossession.
Directed respondents not to dispossess petitioners from specified land unless they follow due process of law.
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THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
Writ Petition No.2665 of 2020
ORDER:
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arbitrary and violative of Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of Constitution of India, requested to issue direction as prayed for.
Dated 14.02.2020 Rvk
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_______________________________________ JUSTICE M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
3 issues framed by the court
Whether petitioners holding assignment and possession of land can be dispossessed without following due process of law.
Whether issuing land for house site pattas to landless poor justifies eviction without legal procedure.
Whether the acquisition action violates Articles 14, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India.
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2 provisions across 1 enactments
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M. SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
As recorded by the court registry
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