IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR TUESDAY, THE 3RD AUGUST 2010 / 12TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 4003 of 2010(A) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- SHEEJA KUMARI, W/O.JAYAKUMAR.G, 'GANGOTHRI', AYYAPPA NAGAR, THONNALLOOR, PANDALAM, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.T.KRISHNAN UNNI, SENIOR ADVOCATE SRI.C.B.SREEKUMAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY SECRETARY, REVENUE (DEVASWOM) DEPARTMENT. 2. COMMISSIONER, LAND REVENUE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, PATHANAMTHITTA. 4. TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. COMMISSIONER, TRAVANCORE DEVASWOM BOARD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 6. AKHILA BHARATHA AYYAPPA SEVA SANGHOM, BRANCH NO.344, REP.BY ITS SECRETARY, PANDALAM, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. R1 TO R3 BY G.P. SMT. K.R. DEEPA ADV. SRI.J.KRISHNA KUMAR,SC,TRAVANCORE DEVAS FOR R4-5 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T.R. Ramachandran Nair, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C) No.4003 of 2010-A - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 3rd day of August, 2010. JUDGMENT The petitioner is aggrieved by the steps taken for acquisition of an extent of 4.05 ares of land in R.S.No.8/2 of Pandalam Village for the development of Pandalam Valiyakoyikkal Temple. The requisitioning authority is the Travancore Devaswom Board and the total extent covered by the acquisition proceedings is 24.93 ares in different survey numbers including the property of the petitioner. The petitioner has raised various objections in the writ petition with regard to the requirement of the acquisition of his land. 2. Learned Govt. Pleader on instructions, submitted that the acquisition proceedings is not one invoking the provisions of Section 17 of the Act and it is up to the petitioner to file objection, if any, before the concerned authority. Therefore, if the petitioner files appropriate objections within two weeks along with a copy of this judgment, the same will be considered in the enquiry under Section 5A of the Act. The writ petition is disposed of as above. No costs. (T.R. Ramachandran Nair, Judge.) kav/