Karnataka Housing Board v. Sujata
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal of land acquisition appeal: Karnataka Housing Board (with its Special Land Acquisition Officer and Executive Engineer, Hassan Division) did not press its S.54(1) Land Acquisition Act appeal against the award dated 24.01.2023 in LAC No.30/2018 (Prl. Senior Civil Judge and CJM, Hassan), which had partly allowed a S.18(1) reference petition claiming enhanced compensation; memo for withdrawal accepted and appeal dismissed as withdrawn on 24.03.2026. No determination of market value, compensation, solatium or interest; no precedent cited or discussed; of no citation value on merits. Keywords: withdrawal of appeal, memo, Section 18(1) reference, Section 54(1) appeal, Karnataka Housing Board, Hassan, dismissal as withdrawn.
What did the court decide?
On learned counsel for the appellants submitting that the appeal is not pressed and a memo seeking withdrawal of the appeal having been filed, the Court took the memo on record and dismissed the appeal as withdrawn.