IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID MONDAY, THE 17TH DECEMBER 2007 / 26TH AGRAHAYANA 1929 LA.App..No. 706 of 2003() ------------------------- LAR.233/1999 of PRL.SUB COURT,KOTTAYAM .................... APPELLANT: RESPONDENT --------------------- STATE OF KERALA BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.K.V.MANOJKUMAR. RESPONDENTS: CLAIMANTS ---------------------- SMT.PRINCY W/O. SUNNY, MURIKKAN KARAMAYIL, PARAMPRAM KARA, MUUCHIRA VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.JOSE KUTTIYANY SRI.V.C.JAMES SRI.V.J.MATHEW THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 17/12/2007, ALONG WITH LAA 637/04 AND CONNECTED CASES, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. ----------------------------------------- L.A.A. NO. OF ----------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of December, 2007. J U D G M E N T Kurian Joseph, J. These appeals are filed by the State aggrieved by the fixation of land value by the reference court. Acquisition is for the purpose of Muvattupuzha Valley Irrigation Project. The land value fixed by the reference court is only at the rate of 60% over the value fixed by the reference court. It is not in dispute that fixation at the rate of 60% has already been sustained by this Court in several cases. Therefore, these appeals are dismissed. KURIAN JOSEPH JUDGE HARUN-UL-RASHID JUDGE smp KURIAN JOSEPH & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. L.A.A. NO. OF J U D G M E N T 17.12.2007