Valliappa Textiles Limited v. the Arbitrator and
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; WP No. 16096 of 2025 (LA-RES); decided 01-07-2025 by Justice M. Nagaprasanna. Petitioner: Valliappa Textiles Limited (adv. Rashmi K.). Respondents: (1) Arbitrator and Deputy Commissioner, Ramanagara District (adv. Spoorthy Hegde N, HCGP); (2) Special Land Acquisition Officer and Competent Authority, NH-275 (NHAI), Bangalore-Mysuru Section; (3) National Highways Authority of India. Subject: writ petition under Articles 226/227 seeking mandamus for expeditious decision of pending Section 3G(5) National Highways Act, 1956 compensation-enhancement application (CR.No.LAQ/ARB/NH-275/CR 57/2021-22 dt. 20.04.2021); delay/pendency before Deputy Commissioner; identical to W.P.No.14812/2025 (disposed 17.06.2025); time-bound direction of three weeks to pass orders considering all contentions. Outcome: writ petition allowed.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Deputy Commissioner (R-1) to pass necessary orders, in accordance with law, after considering all the contentions raised by the petitioner in the application, within three weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order.