IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.K.BALAKRISHNAN TUESDAY, THE 11TH JANUARY 2011 / 21ST POUSHA 1932 LA.App..No. 642 of 2002(A) -------------------------- LAR.35/1996 of Sub Court, THODUPUZHA .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENT -------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.T.T.JOSEPHINA RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANTS ---------------------------------- 1. KUMARAN, S/O.DAMODARAN, PUTHUVALIL HOUSE, THEKKADY. 2. MUTHULAKSHMI, PUTHUVALIL HOUSE, THEKKADY. ADV. SRI.C.K.VIDYASAGAR FOR R1 & R2 SRI.T.I.ABDUL SALAM FOR R1 & R2 THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 11/01/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & N. K. BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ L. A. A. No.642 of 2002 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 11th day of January, 2011 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J The Government is in appeal challenging the award of the Land Acquisition Reference Court. The property was in Kumili village. The relevant Section 4(1) notification was published on 10/01/1994. The acquisition was for the establishment of micro wave station. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded land value at the rate of Rs.2470/- per Are. The Reference Court on evaluating the evidence would re-fix the land value at Rs.3,000/- per cent. Even though, several apparently attractive grounds have been raised in the appeal memo and Smt.T.T.Josephina, the learned Government Pleader addressed strenuous arguments on them, having gone through the impugned judgment and L. A. A. No.642 of 2002 -2- having taken into account the importance of the area and other relevant particulars, we are of the view that the rate presently fixed by the Reference Court is by no means unreasonable. We do not find warrant for interference. The appeal will stand dismissed confirming the award of the Reference Court. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE N. K. BALAKRISHNAN JUDGE kns/-