IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.PADMANABHAN NAIR FRIDAY, THE 16TH NOVEMBER 2007 / 25TH KARTHIKA 1929 WP(C).No. 20035 of 2004(I) -------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ NILAMBUR GRAMA PANCHAYATH, REPRESENTEAD BY ITS SECRETARY, NILAMBUR P.O., NILAMBUR-679 329, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.K.M.SATHYANATHA MENON RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. SPECIAL TAHASILDAR, LAND AQUISITIONS (GENERAL), MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM, COLLECTORATE, MANJERI-676 121. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SHRI BASANT BALAJI THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/11/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K. PADMANABHAN NAIR ,J. ------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.20035 of 2004 I ------------------------------------------------- Dated, this the 16th day of November, 2007 JUDGMENT The Panchayat has filed this Writ Petition for a direction to the Land Acquisition Officer to permit the Panchayat to deposit the award amount in instalments. Learned Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that declaration under Section 6(1) of the Land Acquisition Act was issued on 8.7.2002 and since the requisitioning authority did not make available the fund, no award was passed within two years from that date and hence the entire land acquisition proceedings lapsed. The submission made by the learned Government Pleader is recorded and the Writ Petition is closed as infructuous. K. PADMANABHAN NAIR, JUDGE. cks