IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.K.BALAKRISHNAN WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH JANUARY 2011 / 22ND POUSHA 1932 LA.App..No. 23 of 2011() ------------------------ LAR.268/2007 of PRL.S.C.,THALASSERY .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENTS IN LAR -------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR, L.A., THALASSERY. 2. GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY DISTRICT COLLECTOR, KANNUR. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.LATHA T.THANKAPPAN RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANTS IN LAR ------------------------------- 1. K.MADANAN, MADHUBAN, THIRUVANGAD, THALASSERY. 2. THE SECRETARY, THALASSERY MUNICIPALITY. THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 12/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ------------------------ L.A.A.No. 23 OF 2011 ------------------------ Dated this the 12th day of January, 2011 JUDGMENT Pius C.Kuriakose, J. Under challenge in this appeal preferred by the Government is the award of the Land Acquisition Reference Court, Thalassery pertaining to acquisition for the purpose of Govt. Higher Secondary School, Thiruvangad. Relevant Section4(1) notification was published on 27/7/2005. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded Rs.12,692/- per cent as land value . The Reference Court on evaluating the evidence would enhance the value to Rs.27,308/-. 2. Even though apparently attractive grounds are raised and Smt.Latha T.Thankappan, learned senior Government Pleader addressed arguments on the basis of those grounds, having gone through the impugned judgment and having taken into account the importance of the locality and the time of acquisition, we do not find that the rate presently fixed by the LAA.No.23/2011 2 Reference Court is excessive. The appeal will stand dismissed. PIUS C.KURIAKOSE,JUDGE N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, JUDGE dpk