JUDGMENT :

1. The application submitted by the 1st petitioner under Section 28A of the Land Acquisition Act seeking re-determination of compensation was rejected by the 3rd respondent by Ext.P18 order on the ground that she cannot be considered as a person interested and therefore cannot possibly be aggrieved by the award of the Collector. The above order is under challenge in this writ petition.

2. The facts are as follows:-

(a) The 1st petitioner herein is the mother of petitioners 2 and 3. They are the wife and children of late K. Sudhakaran, former Advocate General of the State of Kerala. Late Sudhakaran passed away on 21.11.2007 and being a Hindu, governed by the Hindu Succession Act, the petitioners are the legal heirs.

(b) In the year 2005, late Sudhakaran executed a Will, a copy of which is produced as Ext.P2. As per the terms, the 2nd petitioner was bequeathed with the entire rights over an item of property, having an extent of 5 cents, comprised in Sy. No. 2213/1 and Sy. No. 2213/4 of Ernakulam Village, which property had devolved on the executant as per Document No. 2157 of 1975 of the Ernakulam Sub Registry Office. The 2nd petitioner was held entitled to all the movable and