High Court stay on Trinity Circle Metro Station

High Court stay on Trinity Circle Metro Station

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday stayed for two months the acquisition of land by the State for the construction of a Bangalore Metro Railway Station at Trinity Circle at the junction of M.G. Road and Richmond Road.

Justice Ashok B. Hinchigeri passed the order on a petition by M.V. Muralidhar, Badarinarayana Kakani and Sadat Ali Khan.

The petitioners had challenged the acquisition of their lands under the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development (KIAD) Act by the KIADB. They said on January 23, 2006, the KIADB issued a notification seeking to acquire their lands for the metro project. Though they filed objections on February 24, 2006, the final notification acquiring their land was issued on October 24, 2007.

Challenging the acquisition, they said the plan for the metro line on M.G. Road was unscientific. They said there were other suitable sites for a railway station but the State had not given a thought to them.

The petitioners urged the court to stay their dispossession and also stay the acquisition process.

In his interim order, Justice Hinchigeri stayed for two months the acquisition of the properties of the petitioners and adjourned further hearing on the case. The same judge had earlier stayed the acquisition of land in Criag Layout for the construction of a metro railway station.