IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH JUNE 2007 / 30TH JYAISHTA 1929 LA. App. No. 460 of 2002(D) --------------------------------- LAR.254/1998 of ADDL. SUB COURT, NORTH PARAVUR ............................................ APPELLANT/RESPONDENT: -------------- STATE OF KERALA BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT. K.R. DEEPA. RESPONDENTS/CLAIMANT & ADDL. RESPONDENT NO. 2 ------------------ 1. AYYAPPAN, S/O. KAVALAN, OORUKULAM, NAYATHODE 2. KOCHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SOCIETY, ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 20/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JJ. ----------------------------------------- L.A.A. No. 460 OF 2002 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 20th day of June, 2007. J U D G M E N T Kurian Joseph, J. This is an appeal filed against the judgment and decree in L.A.R. No. 254/1998 on the file of Additional Sub Court, North Paravur. Acquisition is for the purpose of construction of Kochi International Airport, Nedumbassery. 2. It is brought to our notice that in connected matters enhancement has been revised to 45% of the value fixed by the Land Acquisition Officer and one such case is L.A.A. No. 412/2001 filed against the relied on judgment in L.A.R. No. 134/1998. Accordingly, we allow this appeal partly. Respondents- claimants will be entitled to enhancement only to 45% of the value fixed by the Land Acquisition Officer along with all statutory benefits including interest on solatium. KURIAN JOSEPH JUDGE T.R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR JUDGE smp