Republic v Deputy Commissioner, Tigania Central & 3 others; Kiunye

Republic v Deputy Commissioner, Tigania Central & 3 others; Kiunye (Ex parte Applicant) (Environment and Land Judicial Review Case E010 of 2025) [2025] KEELC 18735 (KLR) (2 December 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEELC 18735 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND LAND COURT AT MERU ENVIRONMENT AND LAND JUDICIAL REVIEW CASE E010 OF 2025 BM EBOSO, J DECEMBER 2, 2025 BETWEEN REPUBLIC ................................................................................................. APPLICANT AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, TIGANIA CENTRAL ................. 1ST RESPONDENT DISTRICT LAND ADJUDICATION & SETTLEMENT OFFICER, TIGANIA CENTRAL /EAST ......................................................................... 2ND RESPONDENT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE LAW OFFICE ............... 3RD RESPONDENT AND BERNARD BAARIU ............................................................... INTERESTED PARTY AND DANIEL KIUNYE ................................................................ EX PARTE APPLICANT RULING 1. The ex-parte applicant has made an oral plea to withdraw this judicial review application. The respondents and the interested party are not opposed to the withdrawal save that they insist on being awarded costs. 2. Under Section 27 of the Civil Procedure Act, costs follow the event. There are no proper grounds to warrant a departure from the above general principle. Consequently, the ex-parte applicant shall bear costs of the suit. 3. The result is that this suit is marked “withdrawn”. The ex-parte applicant shall bear costs of the suit. It is so ordered. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelc/2025/18735/eng@2025-12-02 1

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