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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 5292

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
VIJU ABRAHAM, J
Kadan @ Sivadasan – Appellant
Versus
State of Kerala – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Shri.K.S.Madhusoodanan, Sri.M.M.Vinod Kumar, Sri.K.S.Mizver, Shri.M.J.Kirankumar, Sri.P.K.Rakesh Kumar
For the Respondents: Sri.Ashwin Sethumadhavan, Government Pleader, Sri.Mobin Jacob, Sri.T.K.Sandeep, Smt.Rashmi Pathiyil, Sri.K.Padmaraj, Sri.N.Satheesh Kumar(Nemmara), Smt.Vijina K., Smt.Anjali Menon, Sri.John Joseph, Sri.Joyson Sajan, Sri.Arjun Sreedhar, Sri.Arun Krishna Dhan, Sri.Alex Abraham, Sri.John Mathew (Therezhath)

Table of Content
1. grievance regarding land allocation and mismanagement. (Para 2 , 3)
2. arguments concerning responsive governmental action on land restitution. (Para 4 , 5)
3. court's mandate for sympathetic government consideration of tribal land rights. (Para 6 , 7)

JUDGMENT

The above writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs:

“i. Call for records connecting Exts.P1 to P12 from the respondents concerned.

ii. Call for Ext.P6 from 5th respondent and issue writ of certiorari to quash the same.

iii. Issue writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 5 to implement Exts.P5 decision and P10 to return the land to the member tribes including the petitioners belonging to 420 families coming under Western Ghat Development Scheme, 1975.

iv. Issue writ of mandamus directing the respondents to return Exts.P11, P12 like pattaya form issued by Special Tahsildar for Assigned of Vested Forest Land, Mannarkkad and 3rd respondent respectively along with the land to the concerned tribes.

v. Issue writ of mandamus directing respondents 1 to 5 to return the land to the persons like the petitioners belonging to 420 families coming under Western Ghat Development Scheme, 1975.”

2. The grieva

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