IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID TUESDAY, THE 1ST JULY 2008 / 10TH ASHADHA 1930 LA.App..No. 1053 of 2008() -------------------------- LAR.53/2002 of SUB COURT, SULTHAN BATHERY .................... APPELLANT: ----------- STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, WAYANAD (SPECIAL TAHSILDAR, LA, NO.II, KRP AND BSIP KALPETTA BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.NOBLE MATHEW RESPONDENTS: ---------------- MANANCHERY EMILY, W/O.MICHEL, KANIYAMBATTA,PALLUKUNNU POST BY THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 01/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. ------------------------------------------ L.A.A. No.1053 of 2008 and C.M.Application No. 1094 of 2008 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 1st day of July 2008 JUDGMENT Kurian Joseph,J L.A.A. 1053 /2008 is filed by the State aggrieved by the fixation of the land value in L.A.R. 53/2002 on the file of the Sub court Sulthan Bathery. C.M. Application No. 1094 of 2008 is filed to condone the delay of 131 days in filing the above appeal. The acquisition is for the purpose of Karappuzha Irrigation project The total enhancement in the instant case is only at Rs. 43118/- The reference court has adopted capitalisation method and 12 has taken as the multiplier. It is seen that this Court in several appeals has adopted the multiplier as 12 and one such judgment is in L.A.A. 247/2000. Therefore the petition for condonation of delay and the appeal are dismissed. I.A. No. 2370 of 2008 is also dismissed KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE HARUN-UL-RASHID, JUDGE es