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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 7429

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
HARISANKAR V. MENON, J
ANOOP JACOB – Appellant
Versus
THE DIRECTOR /SUPERINTENDENT, CENTRAL SURVEY OFFICE – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.MADHU RADHAKRISHNAN, SRI.NELSON JOSEPH, SRI.M.D.JOSEPH, SRI.DEEPAK ASHOK KUMAR
For the Respondents: SRI.MATHEW JOHN (K), SRI.ABY J AUGUSTINE, SRI.N.B.SUNIL NATH, GOVERNMENT PLEADER

Table of Content
1. feud over familial property. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. arguments on notice and justice. (Para 5 , 6 , 7)
3. need for re-evaluation on natural justice. (Para 8 , 9 , 10)
4. decision to quash resurvey due to procedural flaws. (Para 11)
5. court orders reconsideration with due process. (Para 12 , 13)

J U D G M E N T

This writ petition ultimately visualises a feud between close relatives. This Court is called upon to decide the dispute between the parties, since the attempt for mediation was unsuccessful.

2. The petitioner’s father – late Jacob Ouseph, and Ouseph Joseph @ P.J.Joseph – the 5th respondent herein, are brothers. According to the petitioner herein, the mother of Jacob and Joseph, Anna, had an extent of 2.11 Acres of Patta land in Survey No.1/1 of Kalkoonthal Village. True, the Patta is specifically with reference to the four boundaries, and on a perusal of the Patta, it would appear that the property extending to 2.11 Acres is a consolidated piece of property. After the death of the afore- referred Anna, her legal heirs, including Jacob, executed Ext.R5(b) release deed in favour of Joseph, the 5th respondent herein. It may also be noticed that the boundaries of t

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