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HC admits plea against metro station

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday admitted an appeal by three residents of Bangalore against a single judge order that had found no infirmity in the acquisition of land on Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore, for the Bangalore Metro project.

The appellants — M.V. Muralidhar, Badarinarayana Kaikani, both of Cubbon Road, and Sadat Ali Khan of Richmond Road — had challenged the acquisition of their land at Trinity Circle for the Namma Metro project. The appellants said the acquisition of their lands was by Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) for Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), which is implementing the project. They said another station was coming up at the site of erstwhile Plaza cinema and there was no need to have a station at Trinity Circle. They said a single station could be set up at Mayo Hall, which they said was the centre of Mahatma Gandhi Road.

They said the single judge had rejected their petition. They urged the Bench to stay the acquisition. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, and Justice V.G. Sabhahit admitted the petition and asked it to be posted with similar matters.

In a related case, a Division Bench comprising Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice Ravi B. Malimath on Wednesday posted to Friday petitions by Environment Support Group (ESG), Leo Saldanha and Hasiru Usiru, challenging the acquisition of land at Lalbagh and felling of trees on R.V. Road, Lakshman Rau Avenue and K.R. Road by BMRCL. Advocate-General Uday Holla defended the project saying that once the metro becomes operational, lakhs of vehicles would be off the road. Besides, only a small portion of Lalbagh had been acquired for the project and only Nilgiri trees were cut.

The Bench posted the case to Friday.

Justice Mohan Shantangouder disposed of a petition by Shivaramaiah of Srirampuram who had challenged the acquisition of his building on Mahakavi Kuvempu Road at Srirampuram for the metro project.

Mr. Shivaramaiah claimed that the land was acquired by the KIADB without giving him adequate notice. Moreover, the acquisition proceedings were flawed and illegal.

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