DH News Service, Bangalore: The High Court has ordered maintenance of status quo in the land acquisition from a petitioner for the Metro Rail project at Jayanagar South End Circle. Hearing a petition by M J Sumanth and four others, Justice Abdul Nazeer has ordered an emergent notice to the State govt. The petitioners had challenged the acquisition stating that private land acquisition is not necessary as government land was available. The land acquisition was done to favour some vested interests. The petitioner contended the change in alignment of the project supports their argument. Justice Abdul Nazeer directed the parties to maintain status quo for three months over the property. Emergent notice has been ordered to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, Special land acquisition officer, KIADB, Urban Development Dept and other depts. Notice to BDA The HC has ordered issue of notice to the BDA and directed not to dispossess residents of a layout near Kodigehalli. The petitioner, Y U Krishnaprasad and 35 other residents of the locality had moved the HC for including the area in the 178 acres of land allocated to National Technology Co-operative Society (NTCS) to develop a layout. They challenged the notification of land allocation to the society stating they were in possession of the land allocated by BDA. The petitioners said they had purchased the land from the village panchayat. It had been regularised on payment of betterment charges and had also got khata under Byaterayanapura CMC in their names. The petitioners sought to quash the notification. Justice Abdul Nazeer ordered issue of notices to BDA and NTCS . Discotheque closure The High Court has ordered issue of notice to the Police department in connection with the order to close down a discotheque within Ashok Nagar police station limits. Petitioner K Munireddy, owner of Brigade Gardens at Bharath Sarkar Paryatak Karyalay had moved the HC following the closure order by the police in 2005 under the public entertainment order. The petitioner