IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 1ST PHALGUNA 1929 LA.App.No. 510 of 2006 ----------------------------- LAR.123/2001 of PRINCIPAL SUB COURT, NORTH PARAVUR .................... APPELLANT/1ST RESPONDENT: -------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. K.V. MANOJKUMAR. RESPONDENTS/CLAIMANT AND ADDL.2ND RESPONDENT: ---------------------------------------------- 1. YAKKOOB (JACOB), S/O.PARAVATTI LAVANAN, AKAPPARAMBU KARA, NEDUMBASSERY VILLAGE. 2. COCHIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SOCIETY, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR. BY ADV. SRI.N.N.SUGUNAPALAN, SC, KIAS LTD. SMT.T.N.GIRIJA, SC, COCHIN I AIRPORT LTD SRI.GEORGE ABRAHAM THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 20/02/2008 ALONG WITH L.A.A.No.855/06& 216/07, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. ----------------------------------------- L.A.A. Nos. 510 & 855 OF 2006 & L.A.A. No. 216 OF 2007 ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 20th day of February, 2008. J U D G M E N T Kurian Joseph, J. All the applications for condonation of delay are allowed. These are appeals filed by the State aggrieved by the fixation of land value by the reference court, Principal Sub Court, North Paravur. Acquisition is for the purpose of approach road from National Highway to Kochi International Airport. 2. We have already remanded the connected matters for fresh consideration by the reference court with liberty to the parties to adduce fresh evidence, in the common judgment in L.A.A.No.788/2006 and connected cases. For parity of reasons, we set aside the judgment and decree in these cases and remit the matters to the reference court, Principal Sub Court, North Paravur. The reference shall be L.A.A. No. 510/06 & conn. cases 2 answered within a period of six months from the date of receipt of the records. Parties will be free to adduce fresh evidence. All the interlocutory applications for stay are dismissed. KURIAN JOSEPH JUDGE HARUN-UL-RASHID JUDGE smp L.A.A. No. 510/06 & conn. cases 3 KURIAN JOSEPH & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. L.A.A. Nos. 510 & 855 OF 2006 & L.A.A. No. 216 OF 2007 J U D G M E N T 20.02.2008