ORAL ORDER

W.P.NO.17039/2022:

1. Aggrieved by his land being acquired for the purposes of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board ('KIADB' for short), the petitioner has preferred this writ petition.

2. The case of the petitioner is that his land is situated within 100 Meters from Gramatana Limits and that he had made an application for conversion of land for residential purposes on 23.07.2020, prior to the issuance of preliminary Notification. It is submitted that preliminary Notification has been issued on 02.12.2020. After issuance of preliminary Notification, appropriate Authority passed an order of conversion on 21.01.2021 as requested by the petitioner. Subsequently, plan also has been sanctioned for formation of residential layout in the land concerned. Thereafter, petitioner filed his objections to the acquisition proceedings. However, the Special Land Acquisition Officer, without applying his mind and without considering the objections raised by the petitioner, passed an order under Section 28(3) of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Act, 1966, ('KIAD Act' for short), recommending that the land should be acquired, pursuant to which final Notification has been pa