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2024 Supreme(Online)(SC) 7933

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
GREATER COCHIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY – Appellant
Versus
EVEREST C.J. – Respondent


Advocates:
Petitioner's Advocate: SUDARSH MENON
Respondent's Advocate: JAMES P. THOMAS

O R D E R

1. The Greater Cochin Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as ‘GCDA’ for brevity) is in appeal against the order dated 23.05.2011 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Kerala in Writ Appeal No. 297 of 2011. The Division Bench of the High Court modified the order passed by the Single Judge dismissing the writ petition and directed the appellant to formulate a scheme for giving access to the road by collecting some amount as consideration.

2. The short facts necessary for consideration of this appeal are that the appellant constructed an international stadium over an area of 32 acres of land, for which, 23.6 acres was given by the state government and the rest was procured by the appellant by mutual exchange of land through negotiation and also through the land acquisition procedure by grant of compensation. A few land owners who gave up their land which had access to motorable road, were given access to the ring road constructed in the vicinity of the stadium. The respondent surrendered 18 cents of land in lieu of a like area of land of equal value owned by appellant in another area.

3. The respondent was not one of those to whom access to road was gran

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