<p class="ql-align-center">JUDGMENT OF THE COURT</p><p>This is an appeal from the judgment and decree of the superior court (Kasanga Mulwa J) dated 21^st November, 2002 dismissing an appeal from the judgment of the Senior Resident Magistrate, Maua, Meru in <em>Civil Case No. 22 of 1997</em>.</p><p>According to the adjudication record the appellant John Kariri Mucheke is the proprietor of the land parcel No. 280 comprising 3.15 acres situated in Kangeta Adjudication Section. <em>Section 30 (1)</em> of the Land Adjudication Act, bars any person, except with the consent in writing of the Land Adjudication Officer, from instituting a suit and divests the court of jurisdiction to entertain a suit concerning an interest in land in an adjudication section until the adjudication register has become complete in all respects under <em>Section 29 (3)</em> of the Act.</p><p>The respondent M’Itabara M’Arunga after allegedly obtaining a Consent of the Land Adjudication Officer, Nyambere District dated 23^rd January, 1997 filed <em>S.R.M.C.C. No. 22 of 1997</em> at Maua on 13^th Febru…</p>