IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 9^TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN AND THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO.8679 OF 2024 (LAC)

C/W MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO.5171 OF 2025 (LAC)

IN MFA NO.8679 OF 2024:

BETWEEN:

1 . HEMARAJ K JAIN S/O LATE KAPOOR CHAND AGED ABOUT 74 YEARS #10/3, 2-3^RD FLOOR JIYANI SADAN SUBRAMANYA SWAMY TEMPLE STREET OPP. V.V. PURAM COLLEGE V.V. PURAM, BENGALURU-560 004

2 . DINESH SONEGARA AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS S/O LATE KASTUR CHAND RESIDING AT: No.26 KRUMBIGAL ROAD LALBAGH MAVALLI BENGALURU-560 004

3 . R. RAMESHA S/O ESHWAR RAO @ ESHWARAPPA AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS PRESENTLY AT: 169/2, 1

4^TH MAIN ROAD, 7^TH CROSS CHAMARAJPET BENGALURU-560 018 ...APPELLANTS (BY SRI. PURUSHOTHAM R., ADVOCATE)

AND:

1 . THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER-02 KIADB, 1^ST FLOOR MAHARSHI ARAVIND BHAVAN NRUPATHUNGA ROAD BENGALURU-560 001

2 . STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY TAHSILDAR KANDAYA BHAVAN, BENGALURU SOUTH TALUK K.G. ROAD, BENGALURU-560 009

3 . BANGALORE METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD.

(KIADB), 3^RD FLOOR, BMTC COMPLEX, K.H. ROAD SHANTHINAGAR, BENGALURU-562 107

4 . SRI. BALAJI K.

S/O LATE K. KRISHNAM RAJU AN