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 14TH JUNE 2011 / 24TH JYAISHTA 1933 LA.App..No. 840 of 2010(D) ------------------------------- LAR.95/2007 of II ADDL.SUB COURT,TRIVANDRUM .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENT & R1 IN LAR ----------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA REP. BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.P.N.SUMANGALA RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANTS & R2 IN LAR ------------------------------------------------ 1. ANILKUMAR.S, S/O.LALITHAMMA, CHITRA NAGAR, M-12, VATTIYOORKKAVU P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 013. 2. THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER, CIVIL ENGINEERING DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF SPACE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695 001. ADV. SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN,ASST.S.G OF INDIA FOR R2 THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 14/06/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & N. K. BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ L. A. A. No.840 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 14th day of June, 2011 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J There is no appearance for the first respondent who has been duly served with notice. Our attention is drawn by Smt.P.N.Sumangala, the learned Government Pleader to the judgment of this Court in L.A.A.217/11. We are convinced that the above judgment covers the issue raised in this appeal. Relying on the above judgment we allow this appeal and re-fix the market value of the land under acquisition at ` 2,90,000/- per Are. The claimant/respondent will be entitled for all statutory benefits admissible under Sections 23(2), 23(1A) and under Section 28 of the Land Acquisition Act. The parties are directed to suffer their respective costs. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE N. K. BALAKRISHNAN JUDGE kns/- -2-