IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.K.BALAKRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 24TH MARCH 2011 / 3RD CHAITHRA 1933 LA.App..No. 897 of 2010(D) ------------------------------- LAR.400/2007 of II ADDL.SUB COURT,TRIVANDRUM .................... APPELLANT(S)/RESPONDENT NO.1 IN LAR: ----------------------------------------------- STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY SR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SMT.LATHA T. THANKAPPAN RESPONDENT(S)/CLAIMANT AND RESPONDENT NO.2 IN LAR: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. P.RAJAMONY,MELEVATTAVILA PUTHENVEEDU, VILAVANKODE,KANYAKUMARI DISTRICT.PIN - 629160. 2. THE SECRETARY,TRIDA,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR, SC, TRIDA FOR R2 SRI.R.S.KALKURA FOR R1 THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 24/03/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & N. K. BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ L. A. A. No.897 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 24th day of March, 2011 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J This appeal need not be treated as defective as there is appearance for the respondents. Having considered the submissions addressed before us by Smt.Latha T. Thankappan, the learned Senior Government Pleader and by Sri.R.S.Kalkura, the learned counsel for the respondent and having taken into account the judgment of this Court in L.A.A.617/10, we are inclined to allow this appeal and re-fix the land value at Rs.17 lakhs per Are. Accordingly, allowing this appeal market value of the land is re-fixed at Rs.17 lakhs per Are. The claimant will be entitled for all statutory benefits admissible under Sections 23(2), 23(1A) and under Section 28 of the Land Acquisition Act. But interest under L. A. A. No.897 of 2010 -2- Section 28 will become admissible from the date of dispossession only. Parties are directed to suffer their respective costs. PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE N. K. BALAKRISHNAN JUDGE kns/-