The Executive Engineer v. the Special Land Acquisiton Officer and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Kalaburagi Bench), WP No. 202657 of 2023 (LA-RES), decided 09-01-2025 by Suraj Govindaraj, J. Petitioner: Executive Engineer, KNNL, Lower Mullamari Division (counsel Sudarshan M.); Respondents: SLAO M&M.I.P., Special DC (R&R), DC Gulbarga (G.B. Yadav, HCGP) and Somanath (K.S. Akshay). Reliefs sought: quash SLAO order dt. 23/11/2017 (Annexure-E) and restrain award of interest under S.34, Land Acquisition Act 1894. Outcome: dismissed for non-prosecution (registry office objections not complied with); no precedent cited, no quantum.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition stands dismissed for non-prosecution because, despite several opportunities granted to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the office objections raised by the registry were not complied with; the merits of the reliefs sought were not adjudicated.