Case brief
What is this about?
Batch of 13 writ petitions (WP Nos.109746, 109425, 109432, 109440, 109516, 109524, 109745, 109754, 109755 of 2025 and 100136, 100463, 100536, 100623 of 2026, LA-RES) by agriculturist land losers of Bagalkot district (villages incl. Bennur, Govindakoppa, Mugollali, Udagatti, Kirasur, Machakanur, Yenkanchi, Korti) whose lands were acquired for the Upper Krishna Project after the Alamatti Dam FRL rose from 519.60 to 524.256; consent award; delayed compensation since 2022; GO No. JASUME 93 KBN 2025 dated 09.10.2025; final notifications u/s 19(1) from 13.11.2022 onwards; disposed with directions to pass awards by 16.08.2026 and pay compensation by 16.10.2026; Justice Lalitha Kanneganti; High Court of Karnataka at Dharwad; Articles 226 and 227.
What did the court decide?
Direction to all respondents to pass an award by 16th August 2026 and to pay the compensation amount as per the award to the land losers by 16th October 2026; Additional Registrar (Judicial) to communicate the copy of the order to respondent Nos.1, 2, 4 and 5; all pending I.As. in the writ petitions closed.