Alwyn Patrao v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
KIADB acquisition; Mangalore Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Ltd.; allotment of houses/sites in 1st/2nd/3rd categories; Government Order dated 20.06.2007 (Annexure-C) guidelines; impugned order dated 14.01.2016 (Annexure-A) by respondent No.3 placing petitioners' house under 2nd and 3rd category; eligibility hinge of residence one year prior to preliminary notification; petitioners' documents Annexures-B to B6 within one year of Notification; writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; petition disposed; Annexure-A kept in abeyance; liberty to furnish further residence documents; respondent-authorities to reconsider after hearing within three months; liberty confined to present petitioners; High Court of Karnataka; Justice M.G.S. Kamal; oral order dated 17.01.2025.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order dated 14.01.2016 (Annexure-A) kept in abeyance; petitioners permitted to furnish documents and other details evidencing residence on the land prior to issuance of the preliminary notification; respondent-authorities directed, upon receipt thereof, to hear the petitioners and pass an appropriate and considered order in accordance with law within three months of receipt of the certified copy of the order; the liberty is confined to the present petitioners.