IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 6541 of 2026 ==========================================================

MER HARBHAM KARA THROUGH HIS HEIRS & ORS.

Versus THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR ==========================================================

Appearance:

MR NITIN M AMIN(126) for the Petitioner(s) No.

1,10,11,1.1,12,13,13.1,14,2,2.1,3,3.1,4,5,6,7,8,9 MR. JAY TRIVEDI, AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DIVYESH A. JOSHI Date : 01/05/2026

ORAL ORDER

1) By this writ application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the writ applicant has prayed for the following reliefs;

“(A) To issue a writ of certiorari or a writ of mandamus or any other writ or order directing the respondent to forward the reference of the petitioner made under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 to the civil court forthwith, as Annex-C.

(B) To pass any other appropriate order/direction that may be deemed just and necessary in the interest of justice.”

2) Fact, in brief, giving rise to the filing of the present writ application may be summarized as under;

2.1) The respondent initiated proceedin