LAA No.37 of 2021 1 2025:KER:29070 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE EASWARAN S. THURSDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 13TH CHAITHRA, 1947 LA.APP. NO. 37 OF 2021 AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 30.1.2020 IN LAR NO.45 OF 2010 OF SUB COURT, SULTHAN BATHERY APPELLANT/RESPONDENT IN LAR : STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY COLLECTOR AND LAND ACQUISITION OFFFICER,WAYANAD. BY ADV SRI. T.K. SHAJAHAN, SR. GOVERNMENT PLEADER RESPONDENT/CLAIMANT IN LAR : 1 SOOPY HAJI (DIED) S/O.KUNHIMOOSA,KUTTILAT IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA HOUSE,KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK,PUTHUPPADY, KOZHIKODE-686673. ** SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONDENTS 2 TO 9 IMPLEADED SUPPL.R2 AMINA HAJJUMA , AGED65 YEARS W/O. LATE SOOPY HAJI KUTTILAT, IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA, KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK, PUTHUPPADY, THALASSERY, KANNUR, PIN- 670693 SUPPL.R3 AYSHA, AGED 49 YEARS D/O SOOPY HAJI, KUTTILAT, IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA, KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK, PUTHUPPADY, THALASSERY, KANNUR PIN 670693 LAA No.37 of 2021 2 2025:KER:29070 SUPPL.R4 SAMEERA, AGED 47 YEARS D/O SOOPY HAJI KUTTILAT, IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA, KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK, PUTHUPPADY, THALASSERY, KANNUR, PIN-670693 SUPPL.R5 MUHAMMED, AGED 43 YEARS S/O SOOPY HAJI KUTTILAT, IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA, KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK, PUTHUPPADY, THALASSERY, KANNUR PIN-670693 SUPPL.R6 HAJARA, AGED 40 YEARS D/O SOOPY HAJI KUTTILAT, IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA, KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK, PUTHUPPADY, THALASSERY, KANNUR PIN-670693 SUPPL.R7 ABDUL JABIR, AGED 37 YEARS S/O SOOPY HAJI, KUTTILAT, IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA, KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK, PUTHUPPADY, THALASSERY, KANNUR, PIN-670693 SUPPL.R8 ABDUL AZEEZ, AGED 34 YEARS S/O SOOPY HAJI, KUTTILAT, IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA, KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK, PUTHUPPADY, THALASSERY, KANNUR PIN-670693 SUPPL.R9 HAMNA , AGED 28 YEARS D/O SOOPY HAJI KUTTILAT, IRUMBAN HOUSE, CHALUPARAMBA, KOLAVALOOR, THALASSERY TALUK, PUTHUPPADY, THALASSERY, KANNUR, PIN-670693 SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONDENTS 2 TO 9 ARE IMPLEADED AS THE LEGAL HEIRS OF THE DECEASED SOLE RESPONDENT VIDE ORDER DATED 3.4.2025 IN IA NO.1 OF 2025. BY ADVS. K.MOHANAKANNAN, FOR R1 TO R9 THIS LAND ACQUISITION APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 03.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: LAA No.37 of 2021 3 2025:KER:29070 DR. A.K. JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR & EASWARAN S., JJ. -------------------------------- L.A.A. No.37 of 2021 ------------------------------------------ Dated this the 3rd day of April, 2025 JUDGMENT Easwaran S.,J. The State is before us in this appeal challenging the judgment and decree in L.A.R. No.45 of 2010 on the files of the Sub Court, Sulthan Bathery to the limited extent of the court below granting 100% solatium on the compensation awarded by the reference court. 2. When the matter is taken up for consideration, Sri. T.K. Shajahan, the learned Senior Government Pleader, placed before us, a copy of the judgment of a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in L.A.A No.254 of 2020 arising out of the very same acquisition wherein the Division Bench had interfered with the award of the reference court by modifying the 100% of the enhanced market value as solatium to 30% of the enhanced market value as solatium which was the applicable rate for acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 . LAA No.37 of 2021 4 2025:KER:29070 Following the said judgment, we allow this appeal and modify the judgment and decree of the Sub Court, Sulthan Bathery, in L.A.R. No.45 of 2010, limiting the solatium to 30% of the enhanced compensation amount. Sd/- DR. A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR JUDGE Sd/- EASWARAN S. JUDGE NS