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The petitioners 1 to 12 are having absolute ownership and possession of total 219.039 ares of land lying together with a common compound wall in Kottuvally Village, Paravur Taluk, Ernakulam District. The 1st petitioner is in absolute owner ship of 59.148 ares of land lying in Sy.Nos.398/1A, 1, 329/1A 396, 398/3. 398/4, 398/3 329 1A, 329/1A 407, 398/1A5-1, 398/5, 397/1A4-1 in Kottuvally Village in Paravur Taluk. The 2nd petitioner is in absolute ownership of 3.541 ares of land in Sy.Nos.398/1A1, 398/1A3 of Kottuvally Village. The 3rd petitioner is in absolute ownership and possession of 9.011 ares of land in Sy.Nos.398/1A1, 398/1A3, 398/1A4, 398/1A5 of Kottuvally Village. The 4th petitioner is in absolute ownership and possession 15.18 ares of land in Sy.Nos.398/4 of Kottuvally Village. The 5th petitioner is in absolute ownership and possession of 7.59 ares of land in Sy.Nos.398/3, 398/4 of Kottuvally Village. Petitioners submit that they are entitled for declaration in view of the judgment of this Court in Revenue Divisional Officer, Fort Kochi and others v. Jalaja Dileep and another [2014 (1) KLT 161) to classify the above land as dry land. A