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 31ST MAY 2011 / 10TH JYAISHTA 1933 LA.App..No. 731 of 2010() ------------------------------- LAR.11/2007 of II ADDL.SUB COURT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENT & R1 IN LAR -------------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA REP.BY THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR (LA) PWD (SC), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVT.PLEADER SMT. LATHA T. THANKAPPAN RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANTS 2 TO 4 & R2 IN LAR ---------------------------------------------------------- 1. SULOCHANA BAI, W/O.LATE SADASIVAN NAIR, ASWATHY, HOUSE NO.26, CHITHRA NAGAR, VATTIYOORKAVU THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. S.SINDHU, ASWATHY, HOUSE NO.26, CHITHRA NAGAR, VATTIYOORKAVU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. S.SAJI, ASWATHY, HOUSE NO.26, CHITHRA NAGAR, VATTIYOORKAVU, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER, CIVIL ENGINEERING DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF SPACE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 TO R3 BY ADV. SRI.G.S.REGHUNATH R4 BY ADV. SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN,ASST.S.G OF INDI THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 31/05/2011, ALONG WITH LAA NO.776 OF 2010 THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: svs ORDER ON IN I.A. NO.2335/2010 IN L.A.A. NO.731/2010 DISMISSED 31/05/2011 SD/- PIUS C. KURIAKOSE, JUDGE SD/- N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, JUDGE /TRUE COPY/ P.A. TO JUDGE. svs PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ---------------------------------------------------- L.A.A.Nos.731 and 776 of 2010 ---------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 31st day of May, 2011 Judgment Pius C.Kuriakose, J. Having considered the submissions addressed by Smt.Latha T.Thankappan, learned Senior Government Pleader and those addressed by Mr.G.S.Raghunath, learned counsel for the claimant and having taken into account the judgment of this court in LAA No.273/2010 (the judgment in respect of acquisition of identical lands for the same purpose), we allow these appeals to the extent of refixing the market value of the properties under acquisition at Rs.2,33,145/- per Are. The claimants will be entitled for all statutory benefits admissible under Sections 23(2), 23(1A) and Section 28 of the Land Acquisition Act. It is clarified that interest under Section 28 will become admissible from the date of dispossession and not from the date of the award. PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, JUDGE. N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, JUDGE. srd 2 3