IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.K.BALAKRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 23RD JUNE 2011 / 2ND ASHADHA 1933 LA.App..No. 1558 of 2009(D) --------------------------------- LAR.114/2005 of II ADDL.SUB COURT,TRIVANDRUM .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENT NO.1 --------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTEDBY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.T.T.JOSEPHINA RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANTS AND RESPONDENT NO.2 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1. ANNAMMA JOSEPH, CHARATH HOUSE, VALIYATHOPE, VALLAKKADAVU, P.O.THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE SECRETARY, TRIDA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ADV. SRI.D.AJITHKUMAR FOR R1 THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/06/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & N. K. BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ L. A. A. No.1558 of 2009 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 23rd day of June, 2011 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J Having considered the submissions of the learned Government Pleader, Smt.T.T.Josephina and Sri.Ajith Kumar, the learned counsel for the respondent and having taken into account the judgment of this Court in L.A.A.673/07 which was a case pertaining to acquisition of identical land in the same village for the same purpose but pursuant to a subsequent notification, we allow this appeal and re-fix the land value at ` 10 lakhs per Are. The claimant/respondent will be entitled for all statutory benefits admissible under Sections 23(2), 23(1A) and under Section 28 of the Land Acquisition Act on the total re-fixed compensation. The appeal is allowed, however, without any order as to costs. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE N. K. BALAKRISHNAN JUDGE kns/- -2-