2013 INSC 0130
                             SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                            Onnappan

                                                Vs.

                                         State of Kerala

                                     C.A.No.1090 of 2013

                              (H.L.Dattu and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.)

                                           08.02.2013

                                             ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court
of judicature of Kerala at Ernakulam in L.A.A.No.569 of 2011, dated 12th March,
2012. By the impugned judgment and order, the High Court has awarded a
compensation in a sum of Rs.77,000/- per Are for the lands acquired by the
respondents.

3. In view of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, we are of the
considered opinion that apart from the sum awarded by the High Court an
enhancement of a total sum of Rs.1,48,000/- required to be granted.

4. In view of the above, the appeal is allowed. We direct an enhancement of a total
compensation in a sum of Rs.1,48,000/- with all other statutory benefits to the
appellant over and above the amount already awarded by the High Court.

5. We make it clear that this order shall not be taken as a precedent in any other
case.

Ordered accordingly.

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