K.K. Sasidharan, J.

Introduction

1. The land owners, in the subject case were well aware even in 1982 about the initiation of land acquisition proceedings to acquire their land. The Award was passed in 1985. Even though in the affidavit filed in the writ petition, the respondents 1 and 2 admitted that they were in the know of things with respect to the acquisition in 1982 itself and culmination of proceedings in the year 2000, the writ petition filed by them in 2013, more particularly, 28 years after the Award to quash the land acquisition was allowed by the learned single Judge, notwithstanding the dismissal of the earlier writ petitions in W.P.Nos.12284 of 2010 and 16369 of 2012 filed for declaration and re-conveyance on 8 August, 2011 and 19 July, 2012 respectively.

The Facts

2. The respondents 1 and 2 filed the instant writ petition in W.P.No.5624 of 2013 for a declaration that the acquisition proceedings initiated by the State Government by issuing Section 4(1) Notification in G.O.Ms.No.1013, Public Works Department, dated 12 May, 1983, the declaration under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, dated 29 May, 1984 and the Award dated 30 April 1985 are null and voi