The application will be heard before Justice Ahmad Shahrir Salleh at 10am, according to the court records system.

The case involves land in the prime Jalan Duta area, acquired by the government in the 1960s for what was then known as the Diplomatic Enclave.

Now referred to as the Duta Enclave, the land houses the Inland Revenue Board complex, several government buildings, the national hockey stadium, the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia, and the Federal Territory mosque.

The original landowner, Semantan Estates Sdn Bhd, had sued the government in 2003, contending that the land was illegally acquired.

In 2009, the High Court ruled that the company retained its beneficial interest in the land, and held that the land had been unlawfully acquired by the government.

A government appeal was dismissed in May 2012 and another appeal dismissed by the Federal Court in November 2012. In 2018, the Federal Court dismissed the government’s application to review the previous decision.

In February 2017 the company filed an originating summons against the Federal Territory land registrar to enforce the High Court judgment of 2009.

On Aug 7, Justice Shahrir ordered the government to transfer the land to Semantan Estates after allowing the company’s originating summons against the Federal Territory land registrar as the defendant.

The registrar was ordered to register Semantan Estates as the landowner and issue the land titles within three months from Aug 7.

The government filed an appeal the next day.