Under challenge in these writ petitions is the proceedings dated 24.12.2011 of the Commissioner for Land Revenue in LR(C1) 39969/2011.

2. The petitioners are the lineal descendants of late Mahakavi Kumaran Asan, hereinafter referred as the late poet. They owned the properties in Sy.Nos.265 as well as 269 in Block No.3 of Veiloor Village in Thiruvananthapuram Taluk. The petitioners allege that with the object of preserving the house and adjoining structures used by the late poet for his residence as well as expounding his poetic genius, an extent of about 1 acre 25 cents was gifted by the petitioners and other close relatives of the late Poet to the Government of Kerala. However, certain persons who are having political power succeeded in ousting the members of the family of the late Poet from the committee for the administration of the monument when the corrupt practices and misappropriation by the aforesaid local people were questioned by them. According to the petitioners, there were series of litigations between the petitioners with the aforesaid persons and therefore, out of revenge and as a vindictive measure, those persons influenced the Government and initiated procee