High Court Karnataka High Court

B R Sathya Nagendra vs State Of Karnataka on 2 February, 2010

Karnataka High Court
B R Sathya Nagendra vs State Of Karnataka on 2 February, 2010
Author: Manjula Chellur Gowda
 A Ko1a'i#"nCit'y.

IN THE men COURT OF' KARNATAKA,
PRINCIPAL BENCH AT BANGALORE
DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF FEBRUARY. 20.

PRESENT

THE HON' BLE MRS. JUSTECE Aa.ANJU13..A»rJifiELi..UR  " A-. 

AND 

THE HONBLB MR. .JUsT1cE.A.N. v'E1SI':IG0BA1..A e§o\i§fnA  ,

xmm" APPEAL Nos.3702/2009814052 -405$'; 200$: [LA--RES)
BETWEEN  V ' ' K  

1. B. R. Sathya Nagendren  _ x   __
S/0 Late B. S,1Rangagah"S1:getgy.._f.._. 1  

Aged abnuj;   '
R/at DOvdAd3;.'.'3€t"~1::::_  "
K0121: City  

2. B. R. 13;:1lasubrafk3.,.g1nya:n 
S / 0 Late..B. S. Ran'gaiafi_.'E'Shetty
Aged abmir'. .57'ye'arS'- 
at Doddapei. '

  V 

. «S/'0 Laf.e.B;*,S. Rangaiah Shetty
' Aged e.boA1;.tT54 years
R','at"----M. "G. Road

K013; €Jity--563 101  Pfl?'i3ELLANTS

'(By  Prof. Ravivarma Kumar, Senior Counsel appearing for

  Sri'.' Deshraj and Sri. P. Changalaraya)



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1. State of Karnataka
By its Secretary
Housing ('SE Urban Development
Authority, Vikasa Soudha
Banga1ore»560 001

2. State of Karnataka   
By its Principal Secretary 1
Revenue Department
M. S. Building
Banga1ore-560 001

3. Under Secretary to G0vernme.nt:'~.__ 
Revenue Department  " A 
Vikasa Soudha ''

Bangalore

4. The AssistantBfloinmissioner  " B

& Land Acqtiisiiiotl Office:

Ko1ar--56=i'3 1010  '

5. The City Munici'pa1C0u.n'¢:1' '
Represented    
Commissioner ' _ B  
KQ13I.r-563.101' V.     RESPONDENTS

   Wr_iVt_:Appea1s are fiied under Section 4 of Karnataka

 praying to set aside the order passed in the writ

-V petition"£10,756?/2008 dated 19.08.2009.

B VB"-..AThese Appeals coming on for Preliminary Hearing this

.'   'Maryula Chellur, J., delivered the following:



JUDGMENT

According to the appellants, they are the the

land in Sy.No. 181 measuring 3 acres 21 guntas

guntas of lfiiarab land situated at Kolar Kasaba’

2. The main contention of the appellants’ is’to’the_ effect

that inspite of preliminary notificationlin the yeaarl’ fdgllowed A.

by the final notification dated lthely_llposse:ssion of the
land in question was ._to:ztl1e_ beneficiary i.e., the
City Municipality._ Thef¢1″Of°.y ifljurlicipality has no
subsisting of an award being
passed on:. the compensation for
acquiringlllthe that the Assistant
Officer gave an endorsement

dated.3.121933VthatA7_th’e’frecords available did not disclose

polsse”ss’i’on of Sy.No. 181 by its owner to the

_C}v;:V.e1″nn*1eiit in the absence of any notification published

Sectic1n5::16 of the Land Acquisition Act 1984, there is no

l’,_taking~~ over of possession of the land by the beneficiary and

“:f:”t:hei5e~fore, utilisation of t:he land for the purpose for which it is

A acquired is absent. Hence they sought for declaration that the

land in Sy.l\lo. 181 did not Vest with the respondents and they

have no subsisting rights.

3. The facts brought on record before_-the–

Judge indicated that after preliminiaryfi» notific’atien..i__ldated l

5.8.1974 followed by final Diotificatilonxl”dated»”l’ll’Q,l:l.:19l?7l;”

award came to be passed on 5. original
owner of the land in Shetty had
filed a suit i.e., Oi$.No. City Municipality
seeking a dficreelloflhpenliaréeiit l”i’he said suit came

to be “regular first appeal i.e.,

R.S.A.l\l . 3lG87,f;>,QQt€SolVl fi.led..l_’vbefc–1celllthe High Court was also

dismissed on the very contention of the

oWners..being”thai;itl1e possession of the land in question

‘ V’ >.;1Cz§£itive.d. by. the ti”ial”‘Court, which reached its finality in RSA

glaijing at the owner, it is not open to the legal

repijesentatixfesz of the original owner Mr. Rangaiah Sheety to

V’-.contencl_ that they are in lawful possession of the property as

“-l”_th.e land in question was not taken over by the acquired

authority.

4. Yet another lacuna against the appellants is that

though the appeal came to be dismissed in the year.pl2;Q:O~5, at

this stage it is not open to them to come up withljal’C:ont_en1i,i__on

that no subsisting rights are available to tI:1e”i3enjefic*itary, _:Cl)I”}~ y

the other hand, it is seen that the :ignci-..x,g;~I;s4ltal{eln’-oV’ei=__l)y:the

Municipality and the records -demonisptrate the ;’S§1′.II1e.:§

records of the Municipality i.e., indicates they
vacated in the year dernarcating the land
acquired and possession’ Abf:i:1r_1g Chief Officer of
the City records. So far as
the revenue pertaining to this survey
nurribearvll Commissioner has
acquirertthe lat1d_.l’.andb”th_e”‘:p’ossession is handed over to the

Muniyoipalityl” these records make it clear that neither the

“appellants rior theirlpredecessor were in possession of the land

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i__in:c1o.ntended by them. On the other hand, it was

the.__City Vflfllunicipality, which has exercised its right and interest

“-,over the land in question.

5. In View of the above discussion and the reasoning
given by the learned Single Judge, we are of the opinjan no

grounds are made out to entertain the appeals.

Aceordingiy, the appeals are d:1sn1isee?_i.’h, ‘

: 3UDGE