IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN TUESDAY, THE 18TH AUGUST 2009 / 27TH SRAVANA 1931 LA.App..No. 152 of 2006 ---------------------------------- LAR.NO.152/1999 OF SUB COURT, MAVELIKKARA. .................... APPELLANT/ 2ND RESPONDENT: ----------------------------------------------- THE CHIEF MANAGER (HR), NATIONAL THERMAL POWER CORPORATION LTD., NANGIARKULANGARA, KAYAMKULAM, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADVS. MR.K.ANAND, SMT.LATHA KRISHNAN. RESPONDENTS/ CLAIMANTS & 1ST RESPONDENT: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. GOPINATHAN NAIR, MEDETHIL HOUSE, EVOOR NORTH, CHEPPAD. 2. RUGMINI AMMA, MEDETHIL HOUSE, EVOOR NORTH, CHEPPAD. 3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ADDL. GOVT.PLEADER, MAVELIKARA. R3 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. P.N. SUMANGALA. THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 18/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ L.A.A. NO: 152 OF 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 18th August, 2009. JUDGMENT PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, J. This is an appeal by the requisitioning authority. Even though claImants-respondents have been served with notice, they have not entered appearance before this Court. Having regard to the submissions made by Latha Krishnan, learned counsel for the appellant and Smt. P.N.Sumangala, learned Govt. Pleader, having gone through the impugned judgment and having made a reappraisal of the evidence we feel that the enhancement granted under the impugned judgment is slightly excessive. According to us on a better assessment the market value can be refixed at Rs.9,000/- per Are. 2. Appeal is allowed to the above extent, without any order LAA 152/2006 2 as to costs. It is needless to mention that the claimants will be entitled to all statutory benefits by virtue of the refixation under this judgment. PIUS C.KURIAKOSE Judge K. SURENDRA MOHAN Judge jj PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JJ. --------------------------------------- L.A.A.NO: --------------------------------------- JUDGMENT Dated: