Smt. Lakshmamma v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
KIADB acquisition compensation deposit before competent Civil Court; LA-KIADB writ petition; apportionment of compensation among legal heirs; pending final decree proceedings F.D.P.No.102/2023; partition decree O.S.No.216/1974 dated 30.06.1982; R.A.No.92/1982; R.S.A.No.106/1989; reliance on Co-ordinate Bench order W.P.No.29116/2024; Sections 30 and 31 Land Acquisition Act 1894 (within quoted earlier order); Articles 226 and 227 Constitution; lands Sy.No.133/1, 160, 165, 168 Konnaghatta Village Kasaba Hobli Doddaballapura Taluk Bengaluru Rural District; petitioners and respondents 4 to 18 heirs of late Gowdanavara Munisanjeevappa; Justice K.S. Hemalekha; disposed 24.10.2025; NC: 2025:KHC:42124; WP No. 4024 of 2025.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of (not allowed as prayed). The respondent-Authority directed to deposit the compensation amount before the competent Civil Court within two months from receipt of a certified copy of the order; disbursement or apportionment of compensation made subject to the outcome of F.D.P.No.102/2023; liberty reserved to the petitioners and private respondents to seek appropriate relief before that Court. The prayer for direct determination of compensation by agreement and direct apportioned payment in terms of O.S.No.216/1974, R.A.No.92/1982 and R.S.A.No.106/1989 was not granted in the form sought, direct apportioned payment being impermissible while the final decree proceedings are pending.