MANGALORE : The Karnataka High Court has issued a stay to the acquisition of 4.03 acres of land at Permude Kudubipadavu notified for the Mangalore Special Economic Zone.
It may be recalled here that in October 2008, the SEZ officials with the help of police force had forcibly acquired 15.34 acres of land in Kudubipadavu which was a part of the 2035 acres notified for the SEZ II Phase. Several of the displaced have been protesting since then alleging that the KIADB had not adhered to guidelines pertaining to land acquisition while acquiring this land and that the acquisition was done without serving any notice to the actual owners of the land. They also alleged that the acquisition was done after cheating and pressurizing some people. Several organizations including religious heads Pejawar seer and the Kemar Seer too had backed the agitation of the Kudubi tribals.
Now the court stay order has come as a stumbling block to the SEZ ploy to grab the lands of the innocent Kudubis. It would now be inevitable for the government to take serious cognizance of the injustice done to the Kudubis whose 15.34 acre land has been acquired and secure justice to them at least in the backdrop of the indefinite fasting to be launched by the Pejawar seer shortly.

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