Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.R.RAVI WEDNESDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF AUGUST 2023 / 11TH SRAVANA, 1945 AGAINST THE JUDGMENT DATED 23.03.2019 PASSED BY THE ADDITITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE-VIII, ERNAKULAM IN A.S.NO.63/2015 ARISING FROM THE
JUDGMENT DATED 01.04.2015 IN O.S.NO.429/2015 BY THE IInd ADDITIONAL
MUNSIFF COURT, ERNAKULAM APPELLANTS/LRs OF 1ST APPELLANT/1ST PLAINTIFF: 1 GEORGE PAUL AGED 65 YEARS S/O. LATE GEORGE NILAVARETH, NILAVARETH HOUSE., P.C ROAD, KALOOR, KOCHI 682 017 2 REGEENA JOSE AGED 62 YEARS D/O. LATE GEORGE NILAVARETH, KARUTHEDATH, CHOVVARA, ERNAKULAM DIST 683571 3 BETSY PAPPACHAN AGED 59 YEARS D/O. LATE GEORGE NILAVARETH, KOTTOOR HOUSE, UDAYAMPEROOR P.O, ERNAKULAM DIST 682 307 4 ELBY ANDREWS AGED 55 YEARS D/O. LATE GEORGE NILAVARETH, EDAYALIL HOUSE, ALUVA 683108 5 SONY GEORGE, AGED 51 YEARS S/O. LATE GEORGE NILAVARETH., NILAVARETH HOUSE, P.C ROAD, KALOOR, KOCHI 682 017 6 JENSON GEORGE AGED 46 YEARS S/O. LATE GEORGE NILAVARETH, NILAVARETH HOUSE, P.C ROAD, KALOOR, KOCHI 682 017 BY ADVS. K.SANDESH RAJA SHANKAR V. RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/APPELLANTS 2 TO 5/ PLAINTIFFS 2 TO 5: 1 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, LAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 695 001 2 THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ERNAKULAM COLLECTORATE, KAKKANAD, KOCHI 682 030 3 THE SPECIAL TAHASILDAR (LA) NO. 1 KOCHI METRO RAIL PROJECT, CIVIL STATION , KAKKANAD , KOCHI 682 030 4 KOCHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, REVENUE TOWER, KOCHI 682 011
5 MOHAMMED ALI, (DELETED) S/O.ABOOBACKER HAJI,AGED 71 YEARS,SEIKO,KOLPARAMBIL HOUSE,CHACKALAPADOM ROAD,KALOOR,KOCHI-682 017, ELAMKULAM VILLAGE,KANAYANNUR TALUK. 6 YOUSIFF ALI, (DELETED) S/O.ABOOBACKER HAJI,AGED 78 YEARS,SEIKO,KOLPARAMBIL HOUSE,CHACKALAPADOM ROAD,KALOOR,KOCHI-682 017, ELAMKULAM VILLAGE,KANAYANNUR TALUK. 7 HUSSAINKUTTY, (DELETED) S/O.ABOOBACKER HAJI,AGED 73 YEARS,SEIKO,KOLPARAMBIL HOUSE,CHACKALAPADOM ROAD,KALOOR,KOCHI-682 017, ELAMKULAM VILLAGE,KANAYANNUR TALUK. 8 N.A.ABDUL REHAMAN, (DELETED) S/O.ABOOBACKER,AGED 73, RESIDING AT NAMBOODHIRIMADATHIL, FREEDOM ROAD,KALOOR, DESHABHIMANI, KOCHI-682 017. (RESPONDENTS 5 TO 8 ARE DELETED FROM PARTY ARRAY AS PER
ORDER DATED 08.10.2021 IN IA.2/2021.)
BY ADVS. MANU VYASAN PETER - R4 P.B.KRISHNAN(K/1193/1994)- R4 P.B.SUBRAMANYAN(K/1145/2009)- R4 SABU GEORGE(K/000711/1998)- R4
SMT. K. B. SONY. GP. SRI. JAJU BABU, SR. SMT. M.U. VIJAYALAKSHMI, SC. THIS REGULAR SECOND APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02.08.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: T. R.RAVI ,J. --- ---- RSA No. 611 of2021 - -- Dat ed t hist he02nd dayofAugust ,2023 J UDGM ENT The appeal i s fil ed by t iff agai nst t he di smi ssal of a sui t on t he gr ound t hat i t i s not mai nabl e.Thefir stappel lat eCour thasal soconfirmed t hedeci sion.Thesui tisfil edpr ayi ngf oradecl arat iont hat t hepl iff sar ein excl usi vepossessi on and enj oymentof t aint schedul e pr ties and t o pass a decr ee of per manent pr ohi bit ory i njunct ion r est rai ning t he def endant sfr om t aki ng possessi on oft aintschedul e pr ties wi thout gi ving pr oper not ice and wi thout ascer tai ning t he act ualext entofl and i n possessi on and enj oymentoft iff sand f orot herr eli efs.I tcan be seen f rom t he r eli efspr ayed f ort hatt he pet iti oneri snot chal lengi ng any acqui sit ion pr ngs as such i nthe sui t. The gr ievance appear sto be t hat t he pr ties whi ch wer e i n t hei r possessi on wer e bei ng t aken possessi on of even wi thout any pr ngs f or acqui sit ion. 2.Thi sCour thad di rect ed t he St andi ng Counself or t heKochiMet roRai lCor por ati on t ogeti nst ruct ionsast o whet her t hey have t aken possessi on of t he l and i n Sy 1 whi ch accor ding t othe appel lanti s pr ivat e pr tyand not' pur amboke' .The counselon i nst ruct ion submi tst hatt her ehasbeennopr ngsf oracqui sit ion andal lthathasbeent akenpossessi onofi sthel andwhi ch hadbeensurr ender edbyt heappel lant ,asadmi ttedi nthe pl . A commi ssi on had been t aken out bef ore t he appel lat e Cour tand t he Commi ssi onerhasfil ed a r epor t showi ng por tionsbel ongi ng t otheappel lant son t hebasi s oft he t itl e deeds,whi ch have been t aken possessi on of . However ,the r epor t shows t he sur vey number s as di ffer ent f rom Sy 1.I tis not cl ear whet her t he sur vey number s ar e number s al lot ted af ter t aki ng possessi on, by subdi vidi ng Sy
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e al l mat ter swhi chmayr equi ret aki ngoff urt herevi dence.The t rial Cour t as wel l as t he fir st appel lat e Cour t have pr oceeded on t he basi sthat t he chal lenge i s agai nst acqui sit ionandi tisont hatbasi stheCour thasf oundt hat t he sui tis notmai nabl e. The or deroft he appel lat e taswel last het rialCour tcannotbesust ained si nce t hequest ionofmai nabi li tydoesnotar iseatt hisst age, ast her eisnopr ayeragai nstacqui sit ion.Thecont ent ioni s onl ythatt hepr tiesbel ongi ngt otheappel lant scanbe t aken onl yon t hebasi sofpr ngsi nit iat ed undert he LandAcqui sit ion Act . 3.Rel iancei spl acedonaDi visi onBenchj udgmentof t his Cour tin Keral a St ate Housi ng Board, Tvm v. R. Omana and Ot hers[ 2017 ( 2)KHC 50],wher eint his t had hel dthat i mpl ied bar ofj uri sdi cti on ofCi vil ttot akecogni zancewoul d appl yonl yfordi sput esi n r elat iont omeasur ementandmar kingoft heboundar iesof t he l and pr oposed t o be acqui red undert he Actand t hat t hel andpr oposedt obeacqui redcanobvi ousl ybet heone f orwhi ch a not ificat ion underSect ion 4 oft he Actand a decl arat ion underSect ion 9 oft he Actwer e publ ished as perl aw.The si tuat ion i nthi s case i s notone wher ethe measur ement and mar king of boundar ies of t he l and pr oposed t o be acqui red i schal lenged.The case i tsel fis t hatt her eisnopr oposalt oacqui re,whi ch i saf actwhi ch hasbeen admi tted by t he KMRL,when t hey submi tthat t her e i s no not ificat ion f or acqui sit ion of l and f rom Sy 1. I nthe above ci rcumst ances,t his appeali s al lowed. The j udgment s oft he t rialCour tand t he fir stappel lat e tar e setasi de.The mat teri sremanded back t othe t rialCour tforconsi der ati onoft hepr ayer sint hesui t.The sui tishel dtobemai nabl e. Sd/ - T. R.RAVI J UDGE sn