Sri Hanumanthappa v. the Special Land Acquisition Officer and Competent Authority
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WP No. 26937 of 2023 (LA-RES), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (NC: 2025:KHC:36874), oral order dated 16.09.2025 by Justice M. Nagaprasanna. Petitioners Hanumanthappa, Balaraj and Kamalamma (counsel Rudrappa P.) challenged the compensation-determination order dated 16.09.2023 in A.C. No. 15/2018 passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Chitradurga; Respondent 1 is the Special Land Acquisition Officer and Competent Authority, NHAI, Chitradurga (counsel Shobhith N. Shetty); Respondents 2 to 9 are private parties (counsel Ganapati Bhat). Subject land: 4,949 square metres out of 5 acres 29 guntas acquired for a National Highway; petitioners are plaintiffs in partition suit O.S.No.403/2012 pending since 2012. Held: compensation remains subject to the suit's result; parties may seek release of compensation by application before the concerned court; suit to be disposed within six months; application to be considered uninfluenced by the A.C. No. 15/2018 order. Disposition: disposed ('Ordered accordingly'); no monetary quantum stated; no precedents cited.