IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.T.SANKARAN THURSDAY, THE 27TH NOVEMBER 2008 / 6TH AGRAHAYANA 1930 LA.App..No. 2153 of 2008 LAR.151/2006 OF III ADDL. SUB COURT, ERNAKULAM APPELLANT: RESPONDENT NO.1 THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR (LA), RAILWAYS, ERNAKULAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.NOBLE MATHEW RESPONDENTS: CLAIMANT & RESPONDENT NO.2 1. SRI.P.V.JOHN, PAINUNKAL HOUSE, KUREEKAD P.O., THIRUVANKULAM. 2. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER, RAILWAYS, ERNAKULAM. THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/11/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & K.T.SANKARAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------------------- L.A.A. NO. 2153 OF 2008 and C.M.APPL. NO.2214 OF 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 27th November, 2008 JUDGMENT Kurian Joseph, J. C.M.Application No.2214 of 2008 is an application for condonation of the delay of 49 days in filing the appeal. The appeal is filed by the State aggrieved by the fixation of land value by the reference court, viz., Sub Court, Ernakulam in L.A.R.No.151 of 2006. The acquisition is for the purpose of doubling the railway track between Ernakulam and Mulanthuruthy. It is not in dispute that all the connected matters relating to the same acquisition have been dismissed by this court. Therefore, there is no reason to condone the delay. The delay petition and the appeal are dismissed. The interlocutory application for stay, I.A.No.4874 of 2008, is also dismissed. (KURIAN JOSEPH) Judge (K.T.SANKARAN) Judge ahz/