IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.K.ABDUL REHIM WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 6TH ASWINA 1933 LA.App..No. 1178 of 2009(D) -------------------------------- LAR.131/2000 of II ADDL.SUB COURT,TRIVANDRUM .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENT --------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.T.T.JOSEPHINA RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANT AND 2ND RESPONDENT ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. ROSA ROCKEY FERNANDEZ. 2. JOSEPH FERNANDEZ 3. CECILIA FERNANDEZ @ LINDA 4. JOHN FERNANDEZ 5. ARTHER FERNANDEZ 6. EUGENE FERNANDEZ 7. WINNE FERNANDEZ 8. JANE DOWNES 9. SYBIL MORAES,MANGALA BHAVAN, MENAMKULAM,KAZHAKUTTOM,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. LA.App..No. 1178 of 2009(D) -2- ADDL. CLAIMANTS 10. KOH LAY WAH (MARRIED NAME DIANA FERNANDEZ)BENDAR HILIR,MELAKA,MALASYA REPRESENTED BY HER POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER LAZER JOSEPH FERNANDEZ,KARTHIKA,T.C.13/1749,ELANJIMOOD LANE, MURINJAPALAM,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 11. KENNY ROCKEY FERNANDEZ. 12. CHESTER ANTONY FERNANDEZ. SRI.N.NANDAKUMARA MENON, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR R2,3,5,6,8, 10 TO 12 SRI.P.K.MANOJKUMAR SMT.HENA BAHULEYAN THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 28/09/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & C. K. ABDUL REHIM, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ L. A. A. No.1178 of 2009 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 28th day of September, 2011 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J This appeal pertains to acquisition of land in Kazhakkuttom - Meenamkulam village pursuant to Section 4 (1) notification published on 28/12/94. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded land value at the rate of ` 3735/- per Are. The Reference Court on evaluating the evidence which consisted of Exts.A1 to A9, R1 series to R4 series and the oral evidence of AW1 re-fixed the land value at ` 25,000/- per Are. Significantly not even formal counter oral evidence was adduced by the Government. 2. Having gone through the impugned judgment, we find that it is relying on sale document and the judgment of the same court in another case pertaining to the same acquisition that the learned Subordinate Judge fixed the land value at ` 25,000/- per Are. The impugned judgment is a L. A. A. No.1178 of 2009 -2- common judgment in two LAR cases. The Government has preferred appeal only in the present case. Other judgment which pertains to LAR No.130/2000 has attained finality. For all these reasons this appeal will stand dismissed, however, without any order as to costs. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE C. K. ABDUL REHIM JUDGE kns/-