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 7TH JUNE 2011 / 17TH JYAISHTA 1933 LA.App..No. 1178 of 2010(D) --------------------------------- LAR.605/2008 of II ADDL. SUB COURT,TRIVANDRUM .................... APPELLANT(S): RESPONDENT NO.1 IN LAR ------------------------------------------------ STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.T.T.JOSEPHINA RESPONDENT(S): CLAIMANT & RESPONDENT NO.2 IN LAR ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. G.S.MANU VEERAKUMAR, T.C. 36/1834, SUBHASH NAGAR, VALLAKKADAVU P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2. THE SECRETARY, TRIDA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ADV. SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR FOR R-2 THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 07/06/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: PIUS C. KURIAKOSE & N. K. BALAKRISHNAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------ L. A. A. No.1178 of 2010 ------------------------------------------------ Dated this the 7th day of June, 2011 JUDGMENT Pius C. Kuriakose, J There is no appearance for the claimant/respondent in this appeal filed by the Government pertaining to acquisition of land in Pettah village for the purpose of widening of Eanchakkal-Sreevaraham-Attakulangara road. Under the impugned judgment the Reference Court has re-fixed value of the land for which the Land Acquisition Officer had awarded Rs.2,47,000/- per Are at Rs.29,64,000/- per Are. Smt.T.T.Josephina, the learned Government Pleader draws our attention to our own judgment in L.A.A.1/11. On going through the copy of the above judgment, we are convinced that the above judgment should govern the issue in this appeal also. Relying on that judgment, we allow this appeal L. A. A. No.1178 of 2010 -2- and re-fix the market value of the land under acquisition at Rs.11 lakhs per Are. The claimant/respondent will be entitled for all statutory benefits on the re-fixed compensation. However, the parties will suffer their respective costs. Sd/- PIUS C. KURIAKOSE JUDGE Sd/- N. K. BALAKRISHNAN JUDGE kns/- The judgment dated 7.6.2011 in L.A.A. No.1178/2010 is corrected by substituting the figure “Rs.17,00,000/- per Are” in the penultimate sentence of the judgment instead of the figure “Rs.11,00,000/- per Are”, vide order dated 20.05.2015 in I.A. No.420/2015 in L.A.A. No.1178/2010.” Sd/- Registrar (Judicial)