IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
LA.App..No. 273 of 2010()
1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE
... Petitioner
Vs
1. LATHIKA DEVI,
... Respondent
2. THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER,
For Petitioner :GOVERNMENT PLEADER
For Respondent :SRI.RAM MOHAN.G.
The Hon'ble MR. Justice PIUS C.KURIAKOSE
The Hon'ble MR. Justice C.K.ABDUL REHIM
Dated :12/08/2010
O R D E R
PIUS C. KURIAKOSE &
C. K. ABDUL REHIM, JJ.
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L. A. A. No.273 of 2010
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Dated this the 12th day of August, 2010
JUDGMENT
Pius C. Kuriakose, J
The Government is in appeal. The property
was in Peroorkada village acquired for the purpose
of expansion programme of ISRO. The relevant
Section 4(1) notification was published on
22/04/04. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded
land value at the rate of Rs.20,687/- per Are. The
Reference Court on the basis of the evidence that
came on record re-fixed the value of land at Rs.5
lakhs per Are.
2. Having considered the rival submissions
addressed before us by Smt.Latha T. Thankappan,
the learned senior Government Pleader and also
Sri.G.Ram Mohan, the learned counsel for the
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respondent and having taken into account the
judgment of this Court in other cases pertaining to
acquisition of land for the same purpose
particularly, the judgment of this Court in
LAA.411/10, we are of the view that the appeal is
to be allowed to a considerable extent.
Accordingly, we re-fix the market value of the
land under acquisition at Rs.2,33,145/-. The
appeal is allowed as above.
3. The claimant will be entitled for all
statutory benefits on the re-fixed compensation.
Parties are directed to suffer their respective
costs.
PIUS C. KURIAKOSE
JUDGE
C. K. ABDUL REHIM
JUDGE
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