IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARUN-UL-RASHID THURSDAY, THE 18TH OCTOBER 2007 / 26TH ASWINA 1929 LA.App.No. 282 of 2006 ---------------------------- LAR.44/1999 of SUB COURT, MANJERI .................... APPELLANT/2ND RESPONDENT: ------------------------- THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, KERALA STATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.JOBY CYRIAC, SC, KSIDC RESPONDENTS/CLAIMANTS AND IST RESPONDENT: ----------------------------------------- 1. KOOTHRADAN BIYYUTTY, W/O.PERUMPALLY MOOSA MASTER, RESIDING AT PANAKKAD VILLAGE, ERNAD TALUK, MALAPPURAM. 2. SAFIA, RESIDING AT PANAKKAD VILLAGE, ERNAD TALUK, MALAPPURAM. 3. ALAVIKUTTY, RESIDING AT DO. DO. 4. KADEEJA, RESIDING AT DO. DO. 5. SAINABA, RESIDING AT DO. DO. 6. SUBAIDA, RESIDING AT DO. DO. LA.App.No. 282/06 2 7. MAJEED, RESIDINGA AT DO. DO. 8. SUBARABI, RESIDING AT DO. DO. 9. LATHEF, RESIDING AT DO. DO. 10. SUBAIR, RESIDING AT DO. DO. 11. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, MALAPPURAM. BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI. K.V. MANOJKUMAR. THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 18/10/2007 ALONG WITH L.A.A. NOs. 728 & 729 OF 2006, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: KURIAN JOSEPH & HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ. -------------------------------------------- L.A.A. NOs. 282, 728 & 729 OF 2006 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 18th day of October, 2007. J U D G M E N T Kurian Joseph, J. These are appeals filed by the requisitioning authority. Acquisition is for the purpose of Industrial Growth Centre at Panakkad. The property in these cases is classified under 'B' group. 2. The land value fixed by the Land Acquisition Officer is only to the tune of Rs. 3,360/- per cent. The reference court fixed enhanced land value at the rate of Rs. 4,200/- per cent in L.A.A. No. 282/2006 and in other cases at Rs. 4,500/- per cent. Such value has been sustained by this Court in several judgments and one such case is in L.A.A. 766/2005. Therefore, these appeals are dismissed. KURIAN JOSEPH JUDGE HARUN-UL-RASHID JUDGE smp