J U D G M E N T

The appellants have filed C.M. Application No.2 of

2025 under Section 5 of the Limitation Act to condone the delay of 6556 days in filing the land acquisition appeal. In the affidavit filed in support of the application for condonation of delay it has been stated as follows;

“ The 1^st Addl. Sub Court, Thiruvananthapuram passed the said judgment in LAR No. 171/2003 on 9.7.2007. After the coming of the said judgment, my husband Anilkumar, the 4^th claimant therein, died on 11.1.2014. We were not aware of the full details of the case and also not well versed in the legal aspects of the same including the preferring of appeal against the said judgment being the legal heirs of Anilkumar. We have come to know about the filing of LAA No. 1543/2009 by the 4^th respondent, the passing of judgment therein by this Hon’ble Court further enhancing the land value @ Rs. 2 lakhs per Are and also the filing of LAA No. 210/2021 by the 3^rd respondent seeking such enhancement only on receiving notice in LAA No. 210/2021 recently. Thereupon, we engaged a

2026:KER:16573 counsel at Ernakulam and filed vakalath in the said LAA. ”

2. The respondents have filed the counter affidavit stating that