Kn Aswathnarayana Setty(D) Tr.Lr.& Ors vs State Of Karnataka & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision affirming the quashing of the Revenue Minister's order dated 27.2.2004 de-notifying land from acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. The Court emphasized that the earlier judgment dated 11.12.2000, which quashed the de-notification order of 5.8.1993, had attained finality and that possession had already been handed over to the respondent-society. The Court reiterated that the petitioners' request for de-notification was not valid as the matter had already been conclusively decided, thus dismissing the petitions.