2022 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 55316
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 25TH DAY OF MARCH 2022
BEFORE
THE HON9BLE MR. JUSTICE B. M. SHYAM PRASAD
WRIT PETITION NO.36293/2019 (LA KIADB)
BETWEEN :
SMT SUVARNAMMA
AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS,
W/O LATE S R BALASUNDAR
RESIDING AT SHANUMANGALA VILLAGE,
SHANUMANGALA POST
BIDADI HOBLI
RAMANGARAM TALUK-562 106
... PETITIONER
(BY SRI. SURESH S. LOKRE, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR
SRI. SHRAVAN S. LOKRE, ADVOCATE)
AND :
1.
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA
REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRIES
VIDHANA SOUDHA
BANGALORE-560 001
2.
THE SPECIAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
KARNATAKA INDUSTIRAL AREA
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
NO.14/3 1ST FLOOR ARAVINDA BHAVANA
NRUPATHUNGA ROAD,
BANGALORE-560 001
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3.
THE SECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER
KARNATAKA INDUSTRIAL AREA
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
NO.14/3 1ST FLOOR ARAVINDA BHAVANA
NRUPATHUNGA ROAD,
BANGALORE-560 001
... RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI. J.SATHISH KUMAR, AGA FOR R1;
SRI. PRADEEP KUMAR H.L., ADVOCATE FOR R2 & R3)
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226
AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO
QUASH
THE
ACQUISITION
PROCEEDINGS
UNDER
GAZETTE
NOTIFICATION
AS
ANNEXURE-A
DATED
18.01.2006 AND CONSEQUENTLY DECLARE THAT THE
ACQUISITION
PROCEEDINGS
DOES
NOT
BIND THE
PETITIONERS RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OVER THE
SCHEDULE LAND.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS,
THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
The petitioner, who asserts that she owned certain
extents of land in Sy.No.36 of Talakuppe Village, Bidadi
Hobli, Ramanagara Taluk (for short, 8the subject
property9) and her property is assessed for revenue with
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the Manchenayakanahalli Panchyath, has sought for
the following relief:
<Grant a Writ of Certiorari to quash the acquisition
proceedings
under
Gazette
Notification
as
Annexure-A
dated
18.01.2006
bearing
No.CI/372/SPQ/2005 and consequently declare
that the acquisition proceedings does not bind the
petitioners right, title and interest over the schedule
land.=
2.
It is undisputed that the petitioner had
impugned the acquisition proceedings commenced
under the provisions of the Karnataka Industrial Areas
Development Act, 1966 (for short, 8the KIADB Act9) in
W.P.No.35813/2013 (LA-KIADB) and this writ petition is
rejected by the order dated 23.04.2018 and is later
confirmed by the Division Bench of this Court with the
dismissal of the writ appeal in W.A.No.1491/2018 (LA-
KIADB) on 13.03.2019.
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3.
The petitioner9s present grievance with the
acquisition proceedings is premised in the assertion
that the land acquired under the provisions of KIADB
Act cannot be utilized for the purposes of <Ashraya
Scheme=. If this contention is urged and considered by
this Court in the earlier writ proceedings, the petitioner
cannot succeed in this petition.
4.
Sri. Pradeep Kumar H.L., learned counsel
who appears for the respondent Nos.2 and 3 and
Sri. J.Sathish Kumar, learned Additional Government
Advocate who appears for the respondent No.1, point
out that the petitioner had urged similar ground in the
earlier round of litigation and this Court has found,
answering the petitioner9s grievance, that the land is
utilized for the purposes of developing residential sites
for poorer sections of the society under the <Ashraya
Scheme= cannot defeat the public purpose pursued by
the KIADB and this cannot be a ground of attack to
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challenge the acquisition proceedings. The learned
counsels rely upon paragraph Nos.13 and 14 of this
Court9s order in W.P.No.35813/2013 (LA-KIADB), which
reads as under:
<13.
As far as the subsequent user of the
land by the concerned Grama Panchayats for
formation of Sites and allotment under the <Ashraya
Scheme= is concerned, this also is not a ground for
assailing the land acquisition itself.
14.
The user of land for public purposes
other than setting up of an industry by allotment of
industrial Plots rather by developing the Residential
Sites for poorer Sections of the Society under the
<Ashraya Scheme= is concerned, that cannot be
said to be defeating the public purpose of the
Respondent 3 KIADB in question and therefore, even
that ground of attack is not considered sufficient for
challenging the said land acquisition in question.=
5.
It cannot be gainsaid that the petitioner9s
grievance, which is canvassed in the present petition,
has already been considered and answered by this
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Court against the petitioner and therefore, there is no
reason for interference. The petition stands rejected
and consequentially, all the pending applications stand
rejected.
Sd/-
JUDGE
RB