Gunalan Muniandy JC:

[1]This is an originating summons by which the plaintiff applied for leave to enlarge time to file objections against the compensation awarded to the plaintiff by the Land Administrator Johor Bahru (first defendant — ‘D1’) in respect of acquisition of land held under Grant 2927, Lot 1818 and Grant 27360, Lot 2026, Mukim Sg Tiram, Johor Bahru.

[2]The second defendant (‘D2’) is a body incorporated under the Highway Authority Malaysia (Incorporation) Act 1980 (‘HAMA 1980’) and also a statutory agency functioning under the Ministry of Public Works Malaysia under s 11HAMA 1980

[3]The present acquisition arose out of the government’s decision, in principle, to construct the Senai Pasir Gudang Desaru Expressway (‘the Highway Project’). As a result, the above lands (Lots 1818 and 2026) of which plaintiff was the registered owner, were acquired vide Gazette Notification No 2390 dated 18 November 2004 under the Land Acquisition Act 1960 (‘LAA’).

[4]Lot 1818 was 431,369 sq mt in area out of which an area of 6,219,005 sq mt was acquired whereas for Lot 2026 the portion acquired was 318,550.739 sq mt out of a total land area of 11,347,367 sq mt.

INQUIRY HELD BY THE FIRST DEFENDA