ORDER

Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the Bangalore Development Authority. 2. The facts are that the petitioner’s husband late Ramakrishna and his family members were said to be the joint owners of land bearing survey no.107 measuring 12 guntas of B.Narayanapura village, K.R.Pura Hobli, Bangalore East Taluk.. The said land was equally divided and Ramakrishna, the husband of the petitioner had been allotted 2 guntas of land as between the brothers. It transpires that certain others had released their rights in respect of their shares in favour of the petitioner. The petitioner was thus totally held an extent of 6 guntas of land in survey no.107.

3. It further transpires that the BDA without initiating any acquisition proceedings had utilized 6 guntas of land belonging to the petitioner for the formation of a road. Since the petitioner had opposed the said utilization and the illegal manner in which the land was utilized, the BDA had assured that the petitioner would be allotted alternative land to the extent of 100%. And having believed the words of the respondent, the petitioner had not taken any steps in the expectation that alternative land