The Executive Engineer v. the Special Land Acquisiton Officer and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Kalaburagi Bench), WP No. 202411 of 2023 (LA-RES), decided 09-01-2025 by Suraj Govindaraj J. Petitioner: Executive Engineer, KNNL, Gandorinala Project Division-01, Kalaburagi (advocate Sudarshan M.). Respondents: SLAO M&MI.P Gulbarga, Special Deputy Commissioner (R&R), Deputy Commissioner Gulbarga (HCGP G.B. Yadav), and Chandrakanth s/o Murugeppa. Prayers: quash SLAO order dated 01/01/2018 (Annexure-E); restrain SLAO from awarding interest under Section 34, Land Acquisition Act 1894. Outcome: dismissed for non-prosecution for failure to comply with registry office objections. Useful for: procedural-dismissal cases; no merits, precedents or quantum.
What did the court decide?
The petition stands dismissed for non-prosecution because the petitioner failed to comply with the office objections raised by the registry despite several opportunities granted to the learned counsel.