STATE GOVT. HOUSELESS HARIJAN E.ASSOCN. vs STATE OF KARNATAKA . — C.A. No. 5015/1999

CASE SUMMARY The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and quashed the government's withdrawal notification under Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act. The Court held that beneficiaries of land acquisition proceedings must be afforded a hearing before withdrawal, and the State's decision to withdraw lacked valid legal grounds—it was based on an erroneous legal opinion regarding the appellant society's registration validity. The acquisition for providing housing sites to SC/ST government employees was properly initiated and the withdrawal violated principles of natural justice. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.