Madhuvana House Building vs The Assistant Commissioner on 2 November, 2022
7. In the instant case, the order sheet maintained
by the reference Court as well as the impugned judgment
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and award will clearly indicate that the Additional District
Government Pleader (ADGP) has purported to represent
both respondent No.1 / LAO as well as the petitioner
herein, which is clearly contrary to the material on record
and the only inference that can be drawn from the material
on record including the order sheet and the impugned
judgment and award is that the petitioner was not notified
about the proceedings and was not provided sufficient or
reasonable opportunity to participate and contest the
proceedings. At any rate, the material on record also
indicates that the petitioner has not participated in the
proceedings nor filed statement of objections nor contested
the same and consequently, in the light of the law laid down
by the Apex Court and this Court referred to supra, the
present petition is to be held to be maintainable and by
adopting a justice oriented approach, liberty is to be
granted in favour of the petitioner to contest the
proceedings by setting aside the impugned judgment and
award and remitting the matter back to the reference Court
for reconsideration afresh in accordance with law within a
stipulated time frame by keeping open all rival contentions.