Repcon Container Depot (Private) Limited vs N. K. L Nettikumara et al. – CA Writ 172/2018-2023

In the case between Repcon Container Depot (Private) Limited and various officials of the Land Acquisition and Re-settlement Committee (LARC) and Super LARC, the court addressed whether the revision and withholding of compensation, without proper notice and a fair hearing, during the acquisition of the Petitioner’s land under the Outer Circular Highway Project – Phase III, constituted a breach of natural justice and procedural fairness. It was held that the Super LARC’s subsequent decision, adopted without notification to the Petitioner, was void for violating the principles of natural justice—including audi alteram partem—and that the impugned orders should be quashed. The court reaffirmed that decisions affecting rights or compensation must comply with fair hearing requirements. The deci