Status quo on land acquisition

The petitioner, Parthasarthi had moved the High Court against the recent notification by KIADB to acquire about three acres of land in his possession. He contended that the special land acquisition officer had submitted that his land was not marked for acquisition.

The petitioner pointed out that he had earlier challenged the 2003 notification, which was remitted to special land acquisition officer by the High Court with a direction to consider his representation to exclude his land.  The officer had stated that his land was not notified for acquisition. KIADB earlier this year had notified it for acquisition by shifting the boundaries.