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MFA No.4089/2018 (LAC), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (NC: 2025:KHC:6332-DB), oral judgment dated 12.02.2025 per Justice Vijaykumar A. Patil, bench with Justice Anu Sivaraman. Parties: Executive Engineer, Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. (appellant/acquiring authority) v. Rangaswamy (claimant, Respondent No.1) and Karnataka State by SLAO H.R.P.-2, Hassan (Respondent No.2). Statutes: Sections 54(1), 4(1), 6(1) and 18(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Subject: compensation re-determination at Rs.1,00,000/- per gunta versus SLAO award dated 04.10.2011 (Rs.64,500/- per acre; Rs.60,600/-) for land in Sy.No.436/10 and Sy.No.384/2, Kittane Village, Kattaya Hobli, Hassan; comparable basis Ex.P5 (LAC No.15/2015 and connected matters), same village/notification (11.02.2009)/purpose (Yagachi Reservoir Project); equal treatment of identically situated land losers; Supreme Court precedent Manoj Kumar (2018) 13 SCC 96 distinguished as inapplicable; Karnataka HC Co-ordinate Bench decision B.V. Divakar, MFA No.5144/2018 dated 06.02.2025, followed. Result: appeal dismissed, no costs.