PEMBINAAN BATU JAYA SDN BHD vs PENGARAH TANAH DAN GALIAN SELANGOR & ANOR

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2013 MarsdenLR 555

HIGH COURT MALAYA SHAH ALAM
PEMBINAAN BATU JAYA SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
PENGARAH TANAH DAN GALIAN SELANGOR & ANOR – Respondent

Table of Content
1. dismissal of application for quashing (Para 1 , 1)
2. factual background on land alienation (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
3. applicant's main arguments against revocation (Para 9 , 10)
4. principles of judicial review in malaysia (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
5. grounds for judicial review: procedural impropriety, illegality, and irrationality (Para 24 , 25 , 26)

[1] On 19 March 2013, the Court dismissed the Applicant's application to quash the respondent's decision to revoke the alienation of a piece of land. The grounds of the decision are as follows:

Brief Account Of The Facts

[2] On 3 February 1993, the Applicant submitted an application for the alienation of State land for mixed development. On 26 July 1995, the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor (MMKN) approved the Applicant's application for the alienation of a plot of State Land known as Lot A, Kg. Melayu Subang Tambahan measuring 70 acres for mixed development.

[3] Subsequent thereto, the Applicant appealed to MMKN for the express condition of a portion of the land from 'industrial' to 'shop office and commercial complex'. By a letter dated 5 August 1996, the app

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2013 MarsdenLR 555

HIGH COURT MALAYA SHAH ALAMPEMBINAAN BATU JAYA SDN BHD – AppellantVersusPENGARAH TANAH DAN GALIAN SELANGOR & ANOR – Respondent

Cases Referred (1)

HIGH COURT MALAYA SHAH ALAM
PEMBINAAN BATU JAYA SDN BHD – Appellant
Versus
PENGARAH TANAH DAN GALIAN SELANGOR & ANOR – Respondent