IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN TUESDAY, THE 18TH AUGUST 2009 / 27TH SRAVANA 1931 LA.App..No. 205 of 2008(A) -------------------------------------- LAR.NO.142/2002 OF PRINCIPAL SUB COURT,ALAPPUZHA. .................... APPELLANT/ 2ND RESPONDENT: ------------------------------------------------ N.T.P.C LTD., REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF MANAGER (HR) KAYAMKULAM. BY ADV. MR.M.A.SHAFIK. RESPONDENT/ CLAIMANTS/ 1ST RESPONDENT: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. SRI.IDIKULAM SAMUEL, SHINE VILAS, NANGIARKULANGARA, CHINGOLI VILLAGE, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. 2. SMT.RACHEL SAMUEL, W/O. SAMUEL,SHINE VILAS, NANGIARKULANGARA, CHINGOLI VILLAGE, ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. 3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ALAPPUZHA, SPECIAL TAHSILDAR L.A. NO.III,S.T.P.S.HARIPAD, IST RESPONDENT IN THE L.A.R) R3 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. P.N. SUMANGALA. THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/08/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: prv. PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ L.A.A. NO: 205 OF 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 18th August, 2009. JUDGMENT PIUS C.KURIAKOSE, J. Even though respondents have been served with notice they have not entered appearance before this Court. The appellant- requisitioning authority is aggrieved by refixation of land from Rs.2,200/- to Rs. 7600/- and from Rs.2,400/- to Rs.7,800/- per Are 2. Having considered the submissions of Mr. Shafiq M. Abdulkhadir, the learned counsel for the appellant and those of Smt. P.N.Sumangala, learned Govt. Pleader for the third respondent, and having regard to a reappraisal of the evidence and having gone through the impugned judgment, we are of the view that the action of the learned Subordinate Judge in treating the properties under acquistion to be of the same and can be modified. The market value fixed by the learned Subordinate Judge is on higher side. According to us the market value of the properties under acquisition on a better assessment can be refixed at Rs.7,500/- per are. 3. Appeal stands allowed to that extent. It is needless to L.A.A. 205/2008 2 mention the respondents will be entitled to all statutory benefits arising under this judgment. PIUS C.KURIAKOSE Judge K. SURENDRA MOHAN Judge jj PIUS C.KURIAKOSE & K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JJ. --------------------------------------- L.A.A.NO: --------------------------------------- JUDGMENT Dated: