Republic v District Land Adjudication & Settlement Oficer – Igembe & another; Maingi & another (Interested Parties); Maingi (Ex parte Applicant) (Environment and Land Judicial Review Case E003 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 7578 (KLR) (22 October 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEELC 7578 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND LAND COURT AT MERU ENVIRONMENT AND LAND JUDICIAL REVIEW CASE E003 OF 2025 BM EBOSO, J OCTOBER 22, 2025 BETWEEN REPUBLIC ................................................................................................. APPLICANT AND THE DISTRICT LAND ADJUDICATION & SETTLEMENT OFFICER – IGEMBE ........................................................................................... 1ST RESPONDENT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ..................................................... 2ND RESPONDENT AND PATRICK GITONGA MAINGI ............................................. INTERESTED PARTY ALBANO STEPHEN NJILU MAINGI ................................... INTERESTED PARTY AND TIMOTHY MICHUBU MAINGI ....................................... EX PARTE APPLICANT RULING (Ex-Tembore) 1. On 2/7/2025, the ex-parte applicant was granted leave to initiate judicial review proceedings by filing and serving a substantive motion within 21 days. He did not do that. 2. On 16/9/2025, the court enlarged the above time by 7 days. It does emerge that the ex-parte applicant did not file and serve the motion within the 7 days. In tandem with the terms of the leave that was granted, the said leave stands spent. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2025/7578/eng@2025-10-22 1
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3. In the absence of a substantive motion, the cause stands spent and concluded. The file shall be closed. The ex-parte applicant shall bear costs of the proceedings up to this point in terms of Section 27 of the Civil Procedure Rules. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT MERU THIS 22ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 B M EBOSO JUDGE In presence of Mr. Koome for the Ex-parte Applicant Ms Wairimu for the Respondents Mr. Gikonyo for the Interested Party Ms Wairimu for the Respondent Court Assistant - Tupet https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2025/7578/eng@2025-10-22 2
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