Will place Bidadi township land acquisition award before court before acting on it, State government tells Karnataka HC

The State government on Tuesday gave an undertaking to the High Court of Karnataka that it would place before the court the award to be passed in respect of land notified for acquisition for the contentious Bidadi Integrated Township Project before enforcing the award.

Appearing before Justice R. Nataraj, who is hearing a batch of petitions filed by farmers challenging the legality of the acquisition, Advocate General K. Shashi Kiran Shetty submitted that the government would place the acquisition award before the court pursuant to the final notification impugned in the petitions. He gave this undertaking in addition to the earlier assurance that the farmers would not be dispossessed of their lands before the passing of the award.