IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MOHAMMED NIAS C.P., J
CHERIYAKOYA B – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
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| 1. petitioners challenged notification on multiplication factor. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. supreme court granted discretion to authorities for future multiplication factors. (Para 4 , 5) |
| 3. court quashed ext.p4, directing respondents to fix factor lawfully. (Para 6) |
JUDGMENT
The writ petition is filed with the following prayers.
“i) To issue a Writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate Writ or Order quashing Exbt P4 to the extent it fixed the multiplication fact as “1” alone ;
ii) To declare that the petitioners are entitled for the fixing the market value of the land by determining the multiplication factor as “2” while considering Exbt P3 reference request;
iii) Such other reliefs that may be granted by this Honourable court that may deem fit under the facts and circumstances of the case.”
2. It is not disputed that the petitioners are similarly situated as those mentioned in Ext.P1, who had challenged the notification insofar as it fixes a multiplication factor of '1'. Though the learned Single Judge dismissed the batch of writ petitions challenging Ext.P1 notification, by judgment in W.P.(C) No.35537 of 2024 and connected cases, dated 02.04.2025, the said judgment was reversed
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