IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS FRIDAY, THE 30TH JULY 2010 / 8TH SRAVANA 1932 LA.App..No. 877 of 2010(D) ------------------------------- LAR.22/2006 of SUB COURT, NEDUMANGAD .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENT IN LAR ----------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, KSTP, PULAMON, KOTTARAKKARA. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.LATHA T. THANKAPPAN (SR.) RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANT IN LAR: ----------------------------------------- ARJUNAN, S/O.KUNJUKRISHNAN, VINOD BHAVAN, POOLANTHARA, SANTHIGIRI P.O. THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 30/07/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & M. L. JOSEPH FRANCIS, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ L. A. A. No.877 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 30th day of July, 2010 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J Even though several attractive grounds have been raised in this appeal and Smt.Latha T. Thankappan, the learned Senior Government Pleader addressed persuasive arguments on the basis of all those grounds, we are not inclined to entertain this appeal any longer. The lands under acquisition was in Koliyakkode village and the acquisition was for the purpose of upgradation of Thykkode-Kottarakkara State Highway. This means that the land was already enjoying frontage of the state Highway. The relevant Section 4(1) notification was published on L. A. A. No.877 of 2010 -2- 17/01/04. We notice the judgment of this Court in LAA. Nos.269/09 and 851/10 which were also cases relating to acquisition of properties in neighbouring villages for the same purpose, but pursuant to notification about one or two years earlier. We notice that under those judgments, this Court has approved re-fixation of value at the rate of Rs.1,50,000/- per Are for properties for which the Land Acquisition Officer had awarded only half of what is awarded to the properties in this case. For all these reasons, this appeal is dismissed in limine. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE M. L. JOSEPH FRANCIS JUDGE kns/-