JUDGMENT :

The petitioner states that his father was the owner of 30 cents of property in Block No.109, Re Survey No.6 of Aryanadu South Village. The petitioner's father had assigned 7.50 Ares of the said property to the petitioner and the remaining 3.43 Ares to the petitioner's brother Sreekumar. The mutation of the said properties has been effected and they are paying tax and are in possession of the said properties. Apart from the said land (the registered holding), the petitioner's father was also in possession of 4.55 Ares of land in Block No.110 in Sy. No.122/10 of the said Village and the said land is lying adjacent to the registered holdings of the petitioner and his brother and the only access to the registered holdings of the petitioner and his brother is through this property. It is stated that the petitioner's father had obtained Kuthakappattom of the aforesaid 4.55 Ares of land in 1965 as per K.P. 28/65 for the beneficial enjoyment of the registered holding lying adjacent and the petitioner's father was paying the lease rent for this property without default.

2. While so, it is stated that the petitioner's father passed away on 9.12.2014 and during this period, the third