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Abatement of proceeding under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE II * * * * STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 18 of 1996 .- The Palace at Bangalore popularly known as the Bangalore Palace, Karnataka unique historical and architectural heritage is singularly suited with its immediate surroundings, which no other palace in the city of Bangalore does possess, and thereby deserving in its own majesty in public interest to be preserved as a monument with the surrounding open space developed into an exclusive Botanical Museum or Horticultural Garden and Tree Park to serve also the accutely affected ecological needs of lung space and park areas. Hence, it is considered necessary to acquire and transfer by law the Bangalore Palace and open space around it in the public interest and for its preservation, maintenance and for matters connected therewith and after vesting of the said palace in the Government with the Board of Trustees for the administration and management thereof. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 9 of 1996). * * * * 3 KARNATAKA ACT 18 OF 1996 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary dated the Eighteenth day of November, 1996) THE BANGALORE PALACE (ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER) ACT, 1996 (Received the assent of the President on the Fifteenth day of November, 1996) An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the Bangalore Palace and open space around it in the public interest and for its preservation and for matters connected therewith. WHEREAS, the Palace at Bangalore popularly known as the Bangalore Palace, Karnataka's unique historical and architectural heritage, is singularly suited with its immediate surroundings, which no other Palace in the City of Bangalore does possess, and thereby deserving in its own majesty, in public interest to be preserved as a monument with the surrounding open space developed to serve public purpose, into an exclusive Botanical Museum and Horticultural Garden and Tree Park and to serve also the acutely affected ecological needs of Bangalore City which in its course of rapid growth has become highly deficient in lung-space and park areas and therefore to provide for its acquisition and transfer by law; WHEREAS the competent authority under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 has held that the Bangalore Palace and surrounding land came within the regulation of the said Act and has passed an order declaring substantial portion of the land surrounding Bangalore Palace as surplus land to be surrendered to the State Government and the said order is upheld in appeal before the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal; WHEREAS the legal representatives and heirs and transferees of late Jayachamarajendra Wadeyar have in some writ petitions questioned the legality of the order passed by the Appellate Authority and these writ petitions are pending hearing before the High Court of Karnataka. It has become necessary to pass a law different from the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 and to make provision for appointment of a Commissioner of payment to pass appropriate orders in conformity with the final decision in the above writ petitions in determining the amount payable in respect of the entire holding; and WHEREAS, for the purposes hereinbefore stated, it is expedient to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the Bangalore Palace and the open space around it, by legislation. BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the forty-seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY