Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (SP)

Puttur, Oct 31: The civil judge (senior division) here, has issued a warrant, to attach three vehicles owned by the local municipality, towards settling the dues of the municipality to a few people, whose lands were acquired for setting up of the private bus stand here, about 20 years ago.

In the year 1989, the municipality had acquired 83 cents of land from Joseph Mascarenhas and others, located in Nellikatte in the town. The land owners had approached the court, claiming that the compensation fixed for their lands was too low. The court then fixed a compensation at the rate of Rs 5,000 per cent, and the municipality questioned this decision in the high court. After the High Court transferred the files back to the local court to review the matter, the court ordered payment of the reduced compensation at the rate of Rs 4,250 per cent.

The petitioners, aggrieved by the fact that their dues were not paid even after several years, had filed an execution petition in the local court, seeking the attachment of two trucks and a jeep owned by the municipality, for utilizing the auction proceeds from these vehicles towards their dues. The total dues including interest, comes to about Rs 15 lac.