IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID THURSDAY, THE 17TH JULY 2008 / 26TH ASHADHA 1930 LA.App..No. 1277 of 2007(D) --------------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 30/06/1997 IN LAR.32/1993 RENUMBERED AS LAR.20/1997 of SUB COURT, MAVELIKKARA .................... APPELLANT: RESPONDENT: ----------------------- STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE ADDL. G.P., MAVELIKKARA. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.NOBLE MATHEW RESPONDENTS: CLAIMANT: ---------------------------- CHINNAMMA JAGADAMMA, GANAPATHI PARAMBIL PADEETTATHIL, CHERUTHANA. BY ADV. SRI.P.S.KRISHNA PILLAI THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 17/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. ------------------------------------------ L.A.A. No.1277 of 2007 and C.M.Application No. 1484 of 2007 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of July 2008 JUDGMENT Kurian Joseph,J This land Acquisition Appeal is filed against the judgment and decree in L.A.R. 32/1993 ( renumbered as L.A.R. 20/1997) on the file of the Sub court Mavelikara. C.M. Application No. 1484/2007 is filed to condone the delay of 3543 days in filing the above appeal . The extent involved is only 3.20 Ares. The date of judgment is 30.06.1997. The date of application for the certified copy of the judgment is 31.7.2003 and there is not even a whisper of explanation for the delay. It is seen that the copy was received on 11.10.2004 Thereafter it was forwarded to the office of the District Collector with the Govt. Pleader's opinion on 2.7.2005. Finally the appeal is filed only on 13.6.2007. It is fairly clear that the State has not been serious about the inordinate delay. On merits it is also seen that the fixation of the land value is 10,000/- per Are. It is also made on the basis of the locational importance as reported by the Advocate Commissioner. we do not find any merit in this appeal. Therefore the appeal and the application for condonation of delay are dismissed. I.A. 3155 of 2007is also dismissed . KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE HARUN-UL-RASHID, JUDGE es