IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID THURSDAY, THE 26TH JUNE 2008 / 5TH ASHADHA 1930 LA.App..No. 1168 of 2008() -------------------------- LAR.194/2003 of SUB COURT, CHERTHALA .................... APPELLANT: RESPONDENT: ----------------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR, LA, INDUSTRIAL GROWTH CENTRE, CHERTHALA. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.MOHAMMED ANZAR K.J. RESPONDENTS: CLAIMANT; ---------------------- 1. SUKUMARAN, S/O.VELAYUDHAN, THARAYIL, PALLIPPURAM. 2. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KSIDC, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. ------------------------------------------ L.A.A. No.1168 of 2008 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 26th day of June 2008 JUDGMENT Kurian Joseph,J This is an appeal filed by the State of Kerala aggrieved by the judgment and decree in L.A.R. 194/2003 on the file of the Sub court, Cherthala. The acquisition is for the purpose of Industrial Growth Centre at Pallipuram Village, Cherthala. Section 4(1) notification is dated 24.1.1997. The extent involved is only 3.72 Ares of dry land and 3.97 Ares of wet land The Land Acquisition Officer fixed the land value at Rs. 7,876/- per Are for dry land and Rs.988/- per Are for wet land The reference court enhanced the land value and fixed it at Rs. 17,290/- for dry land and Rs.2,169/- for wet land It is not in dispute that in several connected cases such land value has been sustained by this Court. Therefore there is no merit in this appeal; it is accordingly dismissed. I.A. No. 2583 of 2008 is also dismissed KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE HARUN-UL-RASHID, JUDGE es