IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.Q.BARKATH ALI THURSDAY, THE 18TH JUNE 2009 / 28TH JYAISHTA 1931 LA.App..No.554 of 2005 (C) --------------------------------- LAR.7/2000 of SUB COURT, TIRUR .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENT. ----------------------------------- THE SPECIAL DEPUTY COLLECTOR, (LA) K.S.E.B. KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.C.K.KARUNAKARAN, SC FOR KSEB RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANTS. ----------------------------------- 1. MANHALAM KUZHIYIL ALI, S/O.MUHAMMED, PUZHAKKATTIRI, RAMAPURAM. 2. REPRESENTED BY D/O.LATE A.P.M.MOHAMMED ALI, RAHATH MANZIL, NEDUVA VILLAGE, PARAPPANANGADI. 3. ASIF ALI, S/O.LATE A.P.M.MOHAMMED ALI, RAHATH MANZIL, NEDUVA VILLAGE, PARAPPANANGADI. 4. AYISHA, D/O.LATE A.P.M.MOHAMMED ALI, RAHATH MANZIL, NEDUVA VILLAGE, PARAPPANANGADI. * 5. KUNHALIKUTTY, S/O.LATE A.P.M.MOHAMMED ALI, RAHAT MANZIL, NEDUVA VILLAGE, PARAPPANANGADI. [DIED; LRS IMPLEADED AS ADDL. R6 TO R16] LA.App..No.554 of 2005 (C) 2 * ADDL. RESPONDENTS:- 6. A.P.ABDUL KHADER, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 7. AP.M.NAZEER, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 8. A.P.M.MUHAMMED ASHERAF, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 9. AP.M.AYISHA, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 10. A.P.M. FATHIMA, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 11. A.P.M. KUNJAMINA, 11/530 RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 12. A.P.M. SARA, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 13. A.P.M. SHERIFFA, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 14. A.P.M. JAMEELA, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 15. A.P.M. ARIFA, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. 16. A.M. RASIYA, 11/530, RAHATH MANZIL, PARAPPANANGADI P.O. *[ADDL. RESPONDENTS 6 TO 16 WHO ARE THE LEGAL HEIRS OF DECEASED R5 ARE IMPLEADED VIDE ORDER DT.01/03/07 IN I.A.1221/06] ADV. SRI.T.SETHUMADHAVAN FOR R2 TO R4 SRI.PUSHPARAJAN KODOTH FOR R2 TO R4 SRI.K.JAYESH MOHANKUMAR FOR R2 TO R4 SRI.T.KRISHNAN UNNI, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR R1 SRI.SAJU.S.A FOR R1 THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 18/06/2009, ALONG WITH LAA NO.557 OF 2005 & CON. CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & P. Q. BARKATH ALI, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ L. A. A. Nos.554, 557 & 620 of 2005 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 18th day of June, 2009 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J In these appeals preferred by the Kerala State Electricity Board, requisitioning authority, the only ground which is raised is that the Reference Court went wrong in awarding interest under Section 28 on the solatium component of the enhanced compensation. According to us, the issue is no longer res integra. By the principles laid down by the Constitutional Bench in Sunder v. Union of India [2001 (3) KLT 489 (SC)] and by subsequent decisions, it is by now trite that the solatium component of the total compensation will also carry interest. L. A. A. Nos.554, 557 & 620 of 2005 -2- These appeals will stand dismissed. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE P. Q. BARKATH ALI JUDGE kns/-