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IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA

WRIT PETITION NO. 582 OF 2018

Pratibha Prabhakar Sabnis

… Petitioner

Versus

State of Karnataka, Thr. Commissioner

Belagavi Urban Development & 7 Others

...

Respondents

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Shri Surendra Borkar, Advocate for the Petitioner.

CORAM : C.V. BHADANG, J.

DATE : 12

^th JUNE 2018

ORAL ORDER:

The challenge in this petition, is to the order dated

09.06.2017, passed by the learned District Judge at Panaji Goa,

thereby returning the plaint, on the ground that the Court has no

territorial jurisdiction.

2.

The brief facts necessary for the disposal of the

petition may be stated thus:

That a certain part of land at Belagavi (Karnataka)

belonging to the petitioner was acquired by the Belagavi Urban

Development Authority (BUDA, for short). The preliminary

notification was issued in the year 1984. The final notification

came in the year 1992. It is contended that the Land Acquisition

Officer (LAO) passed an award on 11.02.1998. According to the

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State, the acquired land is developed, sites are allotted and

buildings have been erected by the allotees.

3.

Be that as it may, the petitioner fi