On May 14, 2025, the Prosecutor’s Office of Armavir region, within the framework of the authority to protect state (community) interests, submitted a lawsuit to the Anti-Corruption Court against the head of Vagharshapat community, “Echmiadzin Shuka” SP company and third party Karen Manveli Grigoryan, the Cadastre Committee, among others, with demands to declare the tenders of 2015 invalid and apply the consequences of invalidity.

“On April 16, 2026, the anti-corruption court satisfied the claim of the prosecutor’s office of Armavir region. By the decision, the tenders regarding the provision of the 1175 sq.m. and 587 sq.m. 2 plots of land, which are parks, with the right of development, provided for in Article 60 of the Land Code, were declared invalid.

As a consequence of the invalidity, among others, the state registrations of ownership rights made in the name of natural persons to plots of land were also declared invalid.

“After the verdict enters into legal force, the land plots with the area of ​​1175 square meters and 587 square meters will be returned to the Vagharshapat community of Armavir marz,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

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