Mr. S. Srinivasa Reddy Vs the State of Karnataka — Company and Corporate | Karnataka HC (2026)

Mr. S. Srinivasa Reddy Vs the State of Karnataka — Company and Corporate | Karnataka HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition allowed in part: final notification dated 02.12.2024 bearing No.CI 58 S PQ 2024 quashed in so far as it relates to Sy.No.127/4 of Adigarakallahalli Village, Sarjapura Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District; matter remitted to the Special Land Acquisition Officer/respondent No.3 to reconsider the petitioners' objections objectively in accordance with law after hearing them, with liberty to file additional objections, to be disposed of within three months from the date of raising such objections.

Issue for consideration

Whether the preliminary notification dated 15.03.2024 bearing No.CI 58 S PQ 2024 and the final notification dated 02.12.2024 issued by respondent No.1 in respect of Sy.No.127/4 of Adigarakallahalli Village, Sarjapura Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District, are liable to be quashed in so far as they pertain to the petitioners' schedule property. +1 more

Court's answer

The writ petition is allowed in part and the final notification bearing No.CI 58 S PQ 2024 dated 02.12.2024 issued by respondent No.1 stands quashed in so far as it relates to the land bearing Sy.No.127/4 of Adigarakallahalli Village, Sarjapura Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District.

Ratio / Principle

The matter is remitted to the Special Land Acquisition Officer (respondent No.3), who shall reconsider the petitioners' objections objectively in accordance with law after hearing them; the petitioners are entitled to raise additional objections, and respondent No.3 shall dispose of the same in accordance with law as early as possible, at any rate within three months from the date of raising the objections or additional objections.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

KIADB acquisition - preliminary notification dated 15.03.2024 bearing No.CI 58 S PQ 2024 and final notification dated 02.12.2024 in respect of Sy.No.127/4 of Adigarakallahalli Village, Sarjapura Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District - writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution by the legal representative of the deceased landowner and Puravankara Ltd. - identical notifications already set aside by a Co-ordinate Bench in W.P.No.6708/2025 (order dated 08.01.2026), which set aside the Section 28(3) orders of respondent Nos.2 and 3 and the final notifications dated 03.10.2024 and 02.12.2024 under Section 28(4) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board Act, 1966, directing redo of proceedings from the stage of Section 28(3) - Division Bench in W.A.No.657/2026 (order dated 26.03.2026) upheld the writ Court's judgment, directing the SLAO to consider existing and additional objections independently, without being influenced by the writ Court's interpretation on the circulars, after personal hearing - by consent, petition allowed in part: final notification dated 02.12.2024 quashed qua the subject land and matter remitted to the SLAO (respondent No.3) to reconsider objections objectively in accordance with law after hearing the petitioners; liberty to file additional objections; disposal directed within three months from the date of raising such objections.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 2^ND DAY OF JUNE, 2026

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. NATARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 23239 OF 2025 (LA-KIADB)

BETWEEN:

MR. S. SRINIVASA REDDY SINCE DEAD BY HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE,

SRI. SUNIL KUMAR. S, S/O. SRI. S. SRINIVASA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. 04/01, 1^ST CROSS, S. MEDHAHALLI, BIDARAGUPPE, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA-562 107.

PURAVANKARA LTD.

Digitally signed by SUMA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

A COMPANY REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956, HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT NO. 130/1, ULSOOR ROAD, BANGALORE-560 042, REPRESENTED BY ITS LEGAL EXECUTIVE, MS. SHREYA V. K. JAIN.

…PETITIONERS

(BY SRI. ARVIND GHIMIRAY, FOR SRI. JOSEPH ANTHONY, ADVOCATES)

AND:

THE STATE OF KARNATAKA INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE VIKASA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560 001, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY.

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THE KARNATAKA INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT BOARD NO.14/3, RASTROTHANA BUILDING, NEAR RESERVE BANK, NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, BENGALURU-560 001, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN.

THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER KIADB, NO.14/3, RASTROTHANA BUILDING, NEAR RESERVE BANK, NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, BENGALURU-560 001, REPRESENTED. BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

…RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI.ADITYA DIWAKAR, ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT NO.1;

SRI. H.N.VASUDEVAN, ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT NOs.2 AND 3.)

THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.1 DTD 15.03.2024 BEARING NO.CI 58 S PQ 2024 IN SO FAR AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SCHEDULE PROPERTY OF THE PETITIONER ANNX-B AND ETC.,

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. NATARAJ

ORAL ORDER

The petitioners have challenged the preliminary

notification bearing No. ¹L 58 J¸ï¦PÀÆå 2024 dated 15.03.2024

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issued by the respondent No.1 in respect of the Sy.No.127/4 of Adigarakallahalli Village, Sarjapura Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District. They have also challenged the final notification bearing No.¹L 58 J¸ï¦PÀÆå 2024 dated 02.12.2024

in so far as the above property is concerned.

When this petition was listed for preliminary hearing, it was brought to the notice of this Court that several similarly placed landowners had approached this Court in W.P.No.6708/2025 and connected petitions challenging the very same notifications and a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in terms of an order dated 08.01.2026 had allowed the writ petitions in part and set aside the orders passed by the respondent Nos.2 and 3 herein under Section 28(3) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board Act, 1966 (henceforth referred to as 'the Act, 1966') and also the final notifications dated 03.10.2024 and 02.12.2024 issued under Section 28(4) of the Act, 1966 and directed the Special Land Acquisition Officer of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (for short 'KIADB') to redo the proceedings from the stage of Section 28(3) of the Act, 1966 and take the

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issue to its logical end. A Writ Appeal was thereafter filed in W.A.No.657/2026, which was disposed of in terms of an order dated 26.03.2026 and reads as follows:

"7. In view of the submission of learned Senior counsel Sri.Shashi Kiran Shetty., nothing survives further to consider the case of the appellants. In that view of the matter, while upholding the judgment of the writ Court, we observe that the SLAO has to consider the objections already filed and the additional objections if any to be filed independently without being influenced by the interpretation of the writ Court on the circulars, in accordance with the law.

8. The parties are at liberty to file additional objections and cite the judgments in support of their contentions within 10 days from today and the SLAO is directed to consider and pass reasoned order in accordance with law after providing opportunity of personal hearing, as expeditiously as possible within an outer limit of one month thereafter. The parties are directed to appear before the SLAO on 10.04.2026 ."

The learned counsel for the petitioners therefore

submits that this petition may also be disposed off on the same lines.

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The learned counsel for the respondent Nos.2 and 3

has no objection for disposal of the Writ Petition on the aforesaid lines.

In that view of the matter, the following order is

passed:

ORDER

i. This petition is allowed in part ;

ii. The final notification bearing No.¹L 58 J¸ï¦PÀÆå

2024 dated 02.12.2024, issued by the

respondent No.1 in so far as it relates to the land bearing Sy.No.Sy.No.127/4 of Adigarakallahalli Village, Sarjapura Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District, stands quashed and the matter is remitted back before the Special Land Acquisition Officer/ respondent No.3, who shall reconsider the objections of the petitioners objectively in accordance with law after hearing the petitioners. It is needless to mention that the petitioners are entitled to raise

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any additional objections and if such additional objections are raised, the respondent No.3 shall consider the same in accordance with law and dispose of the same as early as possible at any rate within a period of three months from the date of raising the objections or additional objections if any.

Sd/(R. NATARAJ) JUDGE

HJ

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Procedural history

How this case reached the court

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Order under challenge
Preliminary notification dated 15.03.2024 bearing No.CI 58 S PQ 2024 issued by respondent No.1, and the consequent final notification dated 02.12.2024 under the same number, in so far as they pertain to the petitioners' schedule property Sy.No.127/4 of Adigarakallahalli Village, Sarjapura Hobli, Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District; this Court quashed the final notification dated 02.12.2024 qua the said land.¶26
State of Karnataka (respondent No.1) · 02.12.2024
Prior proceeding
Several similarly placed landowners had challenged the very same notifications in W.P.No.6708/2025 and connected petitions; by order dated 08.01.2026 a Co-ordinate Bench allowed those writ petitions in part.¶35
Prior proceeding
In W.P.No.6708/2025 batch, the Co-ordinate Bench set aside the orders passed by respondent Nos.2 and 3 under Section 28(3) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board Act, 1966 and the final notifications dated 03.10.2024 and 02.12.2024 issued under Section 28(4) of the Act, 1966, and directed the SLAO/KIADB to redo the proceedings from the stage of Section 28(3) of the Act, 1966.¶35
Prior proceeding
Direction to the Special Land Acquisition Officer of KIADB to redo the proceedings from the stage of Section 28(3) of the Act, 1966 and take the issue to its logical end.¶35
Prior proceeding
A Writ Appeal, W.A.No.657/2026, against the order dated 08.01.2026 was disposed of on 26.03.2026: the judgment of the writ Court was upheld; the SLAO was to consider objections already filed and any additional objections independently, without being influenced by the writ Court's interpretation on the circulars, in accordance with law; additional objections could be filed within 10 days; the SLAO to pass a reasoned order after personal hearing within one month; parties to appear before the SLAO on 10.04.2026.¶40
Prior proceeding
Before this Court, petitioners' counsel sought disposal of this petition on the same lines as W.P.No.6708/2025, and learned counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3 had no objection to such disposal.¶47