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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar, P.M.Manoj
K.J.James – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala, Represented By Its Secretary, Public Works Department – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.
The petitioners in W.P(C).No.18680 of 2021 are the appellants before us, aggrieved by the judgment dated 06.01.2025 of a learned Single Judge dismissing the writ petition. The brief facts necessary for a disposal of this writ appeal are as follows;
The appellants herein had approached the writ court aggrieved by the land acquisition proceedings that had been initiated under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 [hereinafter referred to as ‘the 2013 Act’] by which lands belonging to them stood compulsorily acquired by the State for the purposes of constructing a Railway Overbridge and its approach roads at Kuruppanthara in Kottayam District. The challenge to the acquisition proceedings were premised primarily on the contention that the procedural safeguards that were put in place in the 2013 Act were honoured more in breach by the authorities who were entrusted to discharge their statutory functions with due diligence. In particular it was pointed out that while under Section 8 of the 2013 Act, the appropriate Government [in this case 'the District Collector'] had to take a
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The court affirmed that the SDOs had the authority to decide objections in land acquisition under the Act, and the process followed was in compliance with statutory requirements.
Land acquisition proceedings are invalid if statutory requirements are not met, particularly regarding notifications and timelines, as established by the Land Acquisition Act and the 2013 Act.
Point of Law : Once a project of public importance, which is good in larger public interest, is being executed and has been completed about 45%, setting aside of acquisition in a petition filed by on....
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