The Executive Engineer vs B. H. Nagarajareddy @ Nagarajareddy on 8 October, 2025
The
trial Court while determining the compensation has taken the
guidelines that are enumerated in the case of Karnataka
Power Transmission Corporation Ltd., Bengaluru and
Others vs A.P Manoharachar5 and applying the said
guidelines the compensation has been quantified at
` 1,49,212/-. This Court further finds that the decisions
relied upon by the petitioners are distinguishable on facts. In
the present case, Deputy Commissioner's order reveals that
only crop loss and surface damage were assessed, and there
was no separate evaluation of the diminution in value of the
land. Consequently, the contention of the petitioners that
the earlier writ petitions were decided in their favour and the
compensation towards diminution value awarded by Courts
had been set aside, cannot aid the petitioners, as decisions
are per incuriam and not applicable to the facts of the
present case. This Court finds no error in the reasoning of
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2015 (1) KCCR 245
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the trial Court. The finding that diminution in land value was
not included in Deputy Commissioner's determination is
borne out by the record. The award of additional
compensation is justified and does not warrant any
interference and this Court pass the following :