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The Government Of Kerala vs Maimoona on 25 January, 2008

Kerala High Court
The Government Of Kerala vs Maimoona on 25 January, 2008
       

  

  

 
 
  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

CRP No. 877 of 2005()


1. THE GOVERNMENT OF KERALA,
                      ...  Petitioner
2. THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR,

                        Vs



1. MAIMOONA, AGED 43 YEARS,
                       ...       Respondent

                For Petitioner  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER

                For Respondent  :SRI.P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN

The Hon'ble MR. Justice M.N.KRISHNAN

 Dated :25/01/2008

 O R D E R
                            M.N.KRISHNAN, J.
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                         C.R.P NO. 877 OF 2005
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               Dated this the 25th day of January, 2008

                                   ORDER

This civil revision petition is preferred against the one line

order passed by the Subordinate Judge, Kasargod in EP 42/03 in

LAR 44/97. The order is to attach a sum of Rs.1,01,095.96/-.

2. Learned Government Pleader would submit that the court

below has not properly considered the statement filed by the revision

petitioner, namely the Government, for arriving at a decision.

3. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondent in

the revision would submit that since the EP is already closed, the

remedy for the Government is to file an appropriate petition against

that order and not to challenge this order.

4. It has to be understood that this case has been filed on

22.8.05 and the final order has been passed only in September 2005.

It is a well settled principle that when subsequent orders are passed,

the doctrine of interdependency would come into play and therefore,

the court below has to mould the final orders in the light of the order

passed by the higher court. Therefore, there is no bar in considering

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this application. The difficulty for the court now in this case is that

the order does not reflect consideration of the alleged objections. If

objections are filed, it really requires consideration and the

entitlement of compensation under the Land Acquisition Act comes

under different heads and there have been judicial decisions for and

against the claimants. So the correct position as on the date of

passing that order would be relevant to determine the correctness of

the amount. Therefore, this court is left only with one option of

setting aside the order and directing the court below to consider the

matter afresh by directing both parties to file calculation statements,

which according to them is the correct. The court shall consider the

same, hear the arguments of the counsel on legal questions and

decide the amount. If the amount is less, there may be a direction to

deposit the balance amount and if the amount disbursed is in excess,

there may be a direction for reimbursement.

Parties are directed to appear before the court below on

26.2.08.

M.N.KRISHNAN, JUDGE

vps

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