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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2844849 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 THE HOUSING AUTH}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849\charrsid2844849 ORITY
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849\charrsid7951815 Applicant
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2844849 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849\charrsid2844849 SAMSON MUNIAPPA
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 s/o Durswamy
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849\charrsid7951815 Respondent
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 Mr. C}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 . Gordon for the Applicant
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 This is a summons for eje}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 ctment }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 under section 169 }{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 the respondent to show cause why an order for possession should not }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 be made. The divisional}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815  manager of the plaintiff corporation has made an affidavit in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 wh}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 ich he states that the land comprised in the lease is 1005 acres 3 roods}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 37 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 perches and the r}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 
espondent is in occupation of part of it without any licence}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5340827 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815  consent or permission from the applicant, and he fur}{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2844849 the respondent. He gives no oth}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 er description of the land occupied by the respondent.}{
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ty of reasoning those statements may be strictly correct, I would characterise them as untrue, seeing that the defendant apparently holds receipts for rent from the Housing Authority, and I 
will hope that in future applications the divisional manager will be somewhat }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 more careful in the statem}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 ents to which he deposes.}
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 ho}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815  served the notice. I observe that the notice which}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592  }{
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r refers}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 to an offer to the respondent of an alternative site.
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 ent exhibited showing that he accepted the alternative site and stated his intention of shifting to it. From the divisional ma}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 A very different picture is disclosed, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5340827 however, by th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6694510 e affidavit of th}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 e respondent.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7951815  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 
He says that he first got on to this land by renting a house}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592  from one of his relatives who w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 as a tenant of }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 the Colonial Sugar Refinin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 g Company Limited who owned the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 
 freehold before it was taken over b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 y the Crown and leased to the Housing Authority.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7951815  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 He says th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 at in 19}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 69 he built a house for himself}{
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e, and that house is now worth $1500. Then he says that in 1970 an official of the Housing Authority who is apparently now dead came and inspected his house}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592  and told him to pa}{
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 Authority. Then he says that he paid rent to the Housing
 Authority and exhibits receipts in 1970, 1971 and 1972. Then he says that the Housing Authority offered him an alternative site on a long term lease but refused to give it to him at what he has called a subsidised price. He has forborne to explain that t
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t there is a letter from respondent exhibited to a second affidavit by the divisional manager showing that respondent in fact accepted the alternative site and announced his}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 
 intention of moving on to it. M}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4156960 r. Tappoo was invited to tell}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 
 the Court what respondent's right to possession of the land was, but he}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 was unable to take the matter further than assertin}{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 Indeed, the respondent would appear to be simply}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 holding a }{
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 ct it will be entitled to an order. Section 169 of the A}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 ct speaks of those who may app}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 ly for relief against any }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 person in possession of land}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 . The}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 y in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 clude the last regis}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759 tered proprietor of the lan}{
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d, that is the land of which the person summoned is in possession. The affidavit of the divisional manager states that the respondent - the person in possession of land - is in possession of part of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759 t}
{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 
he area of 1005 acres 3 roods 37 perches leased to the Housing Authority who hold a registered lease so that it may be characterised as 'the last registered proprietor'. Then Section 170 provides that the summons, that is the summons issued under 
section 169, shall contain a description of the land, and one would expect that to be the land of which the person summoned is in possession. This summons contains no such description but Mr. Gordon informs me from the Bar that the lan}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759 d is not fully surveyed and tha}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 
t it is not possible to give a more precise description of the area occupied by defendant. I accept that statemen}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 t with some hesitation, althoug}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 h I would point out that the new site which the defendant has been given has apparently been surveyed as}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 
 lot 44 Stage 3A Vitogo-Drasa D.P}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 . 4276. In these circumstances I would expect that the divisional manager's affidavit in future }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 
applicatio}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 ns will state whether it is possible to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 
define the area occupied by the alleged trespasser precisely and if not, why not.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592\charrsid7951815 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 It seems to me that t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 he Housing Authority have brough}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 
t themselves within the Act and the respondent has been unable to prove, in the words of section 172, a right to the possession of the land.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7951815  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 In my view laches and acquiescence do not give the respondent such a right. Accordingly an order for immediate possession will be made }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759 in pursuance of section 171 of t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 he Act. The plaintiff does not ask for costs.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759 

\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13592592 {\b\caps\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592\charrsid2256831 (Sgd.) K.A. Stuart
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592\charrsid13592592 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7951815 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13592592\charrsid7951815 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7161759\charrsid7951815 LAUTOKA,
\par 7th April, 1977.
\par }}