P.N. Ravindran, J.

1. The petitioner's father owned a parcel of land situate in Sy.Nos.476/1 and 478/1 of Ernakulam Village, Kanayannur Taluk, Ernakulam District. He obtained the said property as per a partition deed dated 23.1.1993. On 3.9.2002 the petitioner's father offered to surrender 2.28 ares of land (228 sq.meters) situate in Sy.No.478/1 of Ernakulam Village, Kanayannur Taluk, Ernakulam District for widening the Thammanam – Pulleppady road. Three days later, to be exact on 6.9.2002, he submitted an application for a building permit to put up a building in 774.51 sq.meters of land in Sy.Nos.476/1 and 478/1 of Ernakulam Village, Kanayannur Taluk, Ernakulam District. That application was allowed, a building permit was issued and the petitioner's father constructed a building, which was completed, as revealed by the files produced by the Cochin Corporation, on 15.10.2005.

2. Long after the construction of the building was completed, the petitioner's father executed Ext.P2 settlement deed dated 2.9.2011 settling 2.08 ares of land situated in Sy.No.478/1 of Ernakulam Village, Kanayannur Taluk, Ernakulam District on the petitioner, his son. The said land is admittedly par