IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23^RD DAY OF MARCH, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA COMMERCIAL APPEAL NO. 555 OF 2024 BETWEEN:

1. NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT DOOR NO. 3-29, BETHEL THARETHOTA, NEAR PUMPWELL (NH-66)

MANGALORE - 575 005 REPRESENTED BY ITS DGM (TECH) AND PROJECT DIRECTOR MR. ABDULLA JAVED AZMI …APPELLANT (BY SRI PRASAD K.R. RAO., ADVOCATE FOR SRI HANUMANTHA REDDY G., ADVOCATE)

Digitally AND:

signed by SRIDEVI S 1. MR. U KRISHNA KARANTH Location: MAJOR High Court S/O U. NARAYANA KARANTH of Karnataka DOOR NO. 6/17D KARANTH COMPOUND SOMESHWARA UCHIL MANGALORE - 575 023

2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND ARBITRATOR DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT MANGALORE - 575 001

3. THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY &

THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISTION OFFICE MANGALURU KARNATAKA STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION CLOCK TOWER, HAMPANKATTA MANGALURU - 575 001 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI UDAYA PRAKASH M., ADVOCATE FOR R-1 &

R-2 & 3 ARE SERVED & UNREPRESENTED)

THIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 13(1-

A) OF THE COMMERCIAL COURTS ACT, 2015, PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 08.11.2024 PA