The Excutive Engineer Vs Smt P T Mallamma @ P T Mallaka — Karnataka HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

The Excutive Engineer Vs Smt P T Mallamma @ P T Mallaka — Karnataka HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

No relief to the appellants; writ appeal dismissed. Deposit made under the interim order to be released to the respondent with accrued interest on proper verification, and any shortfall from the amount determined by the Principal District and Sessions Judge to be made good within four weeks.

Issue for consideration

Whether the writ appeal deserved interference with the learned Single Judge's judgment dated 12.11.2025 in W.P.No.10906/2023, which upheld the enhancement of compensation (Rs.1,13,640/- with 8% interest) quantified in accordance with the guidelines, following Executive Engineer and Another Vs. Doddakka.

Court's answer

The Division Bench found no error in the judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge upholding the enhanced compensation.

Ratio / Principle

The writ appeal, being without any merit, was dismissed.

Key takeaways

The amount deposited in pursuance of the interim order is to be paid to the respondent with accrued interest, if any, on proper verification; any shortfall from the amount determined by the Principal District and Sessions Judge is to be made good within four weeks.ratio¶39

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Karnataka High Court (Division Bench: D K Singh and T.M.Nadaf, JJ.; oral judgment per D K Singh, J.) dismissed Writ Appeal No. 585 of 2026 (GM-KEB), filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act by the KPTCL Executive Engineer and Assistant Executive Engineer, Major Works Division, Sub-Division-1, JCR Circle, Chitradurga, against the learned Single Judge's judgment and order dated 12.11.2025 in W.P.No.10906/2023. The writ petition had challenged the order dated 12.08.2022 of the Special II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chitradurga in Civil Misc.No.261/2019, whereby the compensation for erecting a high voltage 220 kilowatts power line corridor over the line of the respondent, Smt. P.T. Mallamma, initially determined by the Deputy Commissioner at Rs.5,39,141/-, was enhanced by a further Rs.1,13,640/- with 8% interest per annum from the date of petition till realization. The Single Judge, in view of the Court's earlier decision in Executive Engineer and Another Vs. Doddakka (W.P.No.39979/2013, decided 06.08.2014), held that the enhanced compensation was quantified and determined in accordance with the guidelines for payment of compensation in such cases. The Division Bench found no error in the impugned judgment and order and dismissed the appeal as devoid of merit, directing that the amount deposited in pursuance of the interim order be paid to the respondent along with accrued interest, if any, on proper verification, and that any shortfall from the amount determined by the Principal District and Sessions Judge be made good within four weeks.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10^TH DAY OF JULY, 2026

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH

AND

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF WRIT APPEAL NO. 585 OF 2026 (GM-KEB)

BETWEEN:

THE EXCUTIVE ENGINEER, MAJOR WORKS DIVISION, KPTCL, SUB-DIVISION-1, JCR CIRCLE, 3^RD CROSS (EAST) JCR EXTENSION, CHITRADURGA. REPRESENTED BY MALLIKARJUNA SWAMY.

Digitally signed by REKHA R Location: High Court of Karnataka

THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, MAJOR WORKS DIVISION, KPTCL, SUB-DIVISION-1 JCR CIRCLE, 3^RD CROSS (EAST) JCR EXTENSION, CHITRADURGA. REPRESENTED BY MANJUNATHA SWAMY.

…APPELLANTS

(BY MS. RAKSHITHA D.J., ADVOCATE)

AND:

SMT. P.T. MALLAMMA @ P T MALLAKA, D/O THIPPAIAH, W/O RUDRAPPA, AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS, RESIDENT OF NARENHAL VILLAGE,

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J.N.KOTE POST CHITRADURGA TALUK, CHITRADURGA DISTRICT - 577 501.

…RESPONDENT

(BY SRI. R. SHASHIDHARA., ADVOCATE)

THIS WRIT APPEAL FILED U/S 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO a) CALL FOR RECORDS IN RESPECT OF WP No. 10906/2023b) SET ASIDE/MODIFY THE ORDER DATED:12.11.2025 IN WP No.10906/2023 (GM-KEB) PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE OF THIS HONBLE COURT AND TO CONSEQUENTLY ALLOW THE WRIT APPEAL AND ETC.,

THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH

and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF

ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH)

The present intra Court appeal has been filed impugning the judgment and order dated 12.11.2025 by the Writ Court in W.P.No.10906/2023. The writ petition came to be filed by the appellant, assailing the order dated

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12.08.2022 passed by the Special II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chitradurga in Civil Misc.No.261/2019.

The District and Sessions Judge in Civil Misc.No.261/2019 against the order passed by the Deputy Commissioner determining the compensation of Rs.5,39,141/- for erecting the high voltage 220 kilowatts towards the power line corridor over the line of the respondent, enhanced the compensation by another sum of Rs.1,13,640/- along with 8% interest per annum from the date of petition till its realization to the petitioner.

The learned Single Judge in view of the judgment of this Court in Executive Engineer and Another Vs. Doddakka¹ , has held that the enhanced compensation by Rs.1,13,640/was quantified and determined in accordance with the guidelines for payment of the compensation in such a case.

1 W.P.No.39979/2013 Dt:06.08.2014

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We find no error in the impugned judgment and

order passed by the learned Single Judge. Having found that the writ appeal without any merit, we dismiss the same.

The amount deposited in pursuance of the interim order, to be paid to the respondent along with accrued interest if any, on proper verification. Any short fall of the amount from the amount, as determined by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, should be made good within a period of four weeks from today.

Sd/(D K SINGH) JUDGE

Sd/(T.M.NADAF) JUDGE

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